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EU summit approves Euro-Police. (Insider Report).


National leaders attending an EU summit in Spain "moved to establish an EU border police force to patrol shores, ports and crossing points against illegal immigrants," reported the June 23rd London Telegraph. "The heads of government said that the moves were a stepping stone to the creation of a fully fledged European-wide force which would act in tandem with each nation's police."

This move comes as right-wing political parties in France Political parties in France lists political parties in France.

France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
, Holland, Austria, Italy, and other EU member states gain support, in large measure because of public concerns about unchecked immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important.  -- both legal and illegal. Eurocrats and their supporters predictably insist that this right-wing political surge is an outgrowth of xenophobia Xenophobia


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 and similar intolerance, and that it is improper for any individual EU member state to take measures to make preparations; to provide means.

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 to secure its borders. However, the same Eurocrats eagerly use the same fears to justify creating an embryonic Euro-Police.

"As usual, they are presenting something which, on the face of it, seems reasonable, as a way of establishing a harmonizing principle," observed Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure.
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 (Member of the European Parliament Member of the European Parliament member nEurodéputé m ). "In this instance they are being particularly clever since they have chosen an area that has traditionally been a concern of the Right."

The new police force "would have its own uniform and badge and be drawn from all 15 member states," continues the Telegraph. "It could be in place by 2007." This "dramatic attempt to strengthen 'fortress Europe' could mean foreign guards wearing an EU uniform patrolling in Britain."
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Title Annotation:European Union border patrols
Publication:The New American
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Date:Jul 15, 2002
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