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Europe is our home – No Visas (24/10/2007)RESOLUTION ELDR CONGRESS IN BERLIN 18-19 OCTOBER 2007
Europe is our home – No Visas European Liberal Democrats ask for an enforced visa facilitation procedure Whereas: · Europeans cannot move freely on the European continent because of current policies obliging them to have a visa to travel abroad, even for short stays occurred by participation in scientific conferences or study, · The freedom to move from one European country to another, whether for leisure of for a conference, is a fundamental precondition for ensuring that young people can contribute to European integration and growth, · Cooperation with countries surrounding the current EU borders should be enforced and mobility between these countries and the EU member states, especially for young people, such as students and professionals traveling for academic or scientific purposes must be encouraged in order to create premises for more development and advancement of democracies at home, Noting that: · The visa release process is unnecessarily long, expensive, bureaucratic and upsetting for the people who need visas, · Some Europeans do not have in their countries the embassies of the countries they wish or need to travel to, which makes the process of acquiring such visas almost impossible, · Visa release is not guaranteed to all, as some can have their request denied for unclear reasons and/or have their visa delivered too late, · The European Commission has recently signed visa agreements with governments of the Balkan countries, which however maintain a high level of visa costs as compared to the level of the average income in these countries, And considering that: · The visa facilitation is a step towards the realization of one of the basic democratic values – freedom of movement, · The freedom to move from one European country to another and to experience cultural difference whilst feeling a sense of unity is at the core of the European dream, · Visa regimes negatively affect the exchange of views and democratic practices, especially between young people, on the European continent and are an obstacle to the birth of a European civil society, European Liberal Democrats call for: |
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