Text tabled : A6-0190/2006

  Timothy Kirkhope (PPE-DE), in writing. My British Conservative colleagues and I welcome the broad approach of the Lambrinidis report and support the many positive and balanced elements of this report to promote the integration of immigrants into European society.

However, we should like to restate that great attention needs to be paid to ensuring that the principle of subsidiarity is completely respected in each and every aspect of policy in this important area.

In addition, we believe that asylum policy must remain the competence of national governments and do not believe in a pan-European approach as stated in recital L.

For these reasons, we have decided to abstain on this report.