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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 - Strasbourg OJ edition

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Text tabled : A6-0251/2009

  John Attard-Montalto and Louis Grech (PSE), in writing. − On behalf of myself and my colleague, Louis Grech, I would like to say that although we voted in favour of the report we would like to stress the following points:

we support a common immigration policy;

we believe that in the national interest the Immigration Pact was not satisfactory;

we note disappointment because the report does not make a direct and clear reference to mandatory/compulsory burden sharing;

we note that any cooperation is appreciated; but the EU cannot interfere in what type of bilateral agreements are reached between a country of origin and a transit country;

we do not agree with voting rights for illegal immigrants because of Malta’s demographic situation;

we do not agree with a uniform Schengen Visa system instead of national systems if this increases bureaucracy and the system becomes less flexible.

 
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