STRASBOURG, 18/06/08 – When our grandchildren will study the age of racist Europe at school, they will find on their books the list of the European MEPs who on June 18, 2008 approved the return directive. And they will ask to their teacher how it was possible such a shamefull attack against the rights of a minority of several million people living in the 27 Member States. Yes because a table at the end of the chapter will explains that, according to the European Commission, between 4.5 and 8 million of undocumented immigrants were living and working without contract in Europe in 2007. And that each year their number increased by 500,000 units, with the newcomers and who became illegal because he lost the job. The directive – will explain a footnote – laid down an 18 months maximum period of detention in the 224 undocumented migrants detention camps of EU and a five years ban on re-entry into the EU by deportees.
The European parliament had the possibility to modify the text approved in early June by the Council of Ministers. But it didn’t. The resolution was adopted with 369 votes in favour, 197 against and 106 abstentions. Here are the names of those who voted it. It could be useful for the next elections. At least we will be able to say to our grandchildren that we were not completely indifferent
THE 369 MEPS WHO VOTED IN FAVOUR
ALDE
Alvaro, Andrejevs, Baeva, Birutis, Busk, Busoi, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Csibi, Czarnecki Marek, Aleksander, Dăianu, Davies, Deprez, Dičkut÷, Donnici, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Kacin, Kazak, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Manders, Mănescu, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Panayotov, Piskorski, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis- Jørgensen, Savi, Schmidt Olle, Schuth, Starkevičiūt÷, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Vălean, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson, Weber Renate
IND/DEM
Blokland, Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný
NI
Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Mölzer, Rivera, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke
PPE-DE
Albertini, Andrikien÷, Angelakas, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bulzesc, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, David, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Filip, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fouré, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Handzlik, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kušėis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mladenov, Naranjo Escobar, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, İry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Popa Mihaela, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Rack, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rovsing, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sanzarello, Sanz Palacio, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schinas, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sógor, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stolojan, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Visser, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, Winkler, von Wogau, Wohlin, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zanicchi, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka
PSE
Badia i Cutchet, Carnero González, Fraile Cantón, Garcés Ramón, García Pérez, Gierek, Glante, Golik, Grabowska, Gröner, Hänsch, Haug, Jöns, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez, Öger, Piecyk, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Walter, Yañez-Barnuevo García
UEN
Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Podkański, Robusti, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Tomaszewska, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle
THE 197 MEPS WHO VOTED AGAINST
ALDE
Cappato, Geremek, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Pannella, Staniszewska
GUE/NGL
Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Droutsas, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Hénin, Holm,Jouye de Grandmaison, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer
IND/DEM
Batten, Bloom, Clark, Dahl, Farage, Goudin, Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Whittaker
NI
Allister, Knapman, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Wise
PPE-DE
Hennicot-Schoepges
PSE
Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Berès, Berlinguer, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bostinaru, Botopoulos, Boursier, Bourzai, Bullmann, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Chiesa, Corda, CorlăŃean, CreŃu Corina, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Douay, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, França, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Hutchinson, Iotova, Kirilov, Koppa, Koterec, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Liberadzki, Lyubcheva, Madeira, Maňka, Matsouka, Mikko, Moraes, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Nechifor, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Paparizov, Pascu, Patrie, Pinior, Podimata, Poignant, Pribetich, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, dos Santos, Savary, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Swoboda, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma
Verts/ALE
Aubert, Auken, Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka
THE 106 MEPS WHO VOTED ABSTENSION
ALDE
Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bowles, Budreikait÷, Cocilovo, Costa, Degutis, De Sarnez, Drčar Murko, Ferrari, Harkin, Juknevičien÷, Losco, Morillon, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Prodi, Susta, Toia, Veraldi
IND/DEM
Georgiou, Krupa, Tomczak
NI
Chruszcz, Giertych, Hannan, Helmer, Martinez
PPE-DE
Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Grosch, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Higgins, Kamall, Karim, Kirkhope, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mitchell, Nicholson, Parish, Petre, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg
PSE
Attard-Montalto, Beňová, Berman, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cremers, Dobolyi, Evans Robert, Falbr, Gill, Grau i Segú, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Harangozó, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jacobs, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Lavarra, Lévai, McAvan, McCarthy, Marini, Morgan, Panzeri, Pittella, Prets, Rasmussen, Rothe, Rouček, Schaldemose, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Stihler, Szejna, Tabajdi, Thomsen, łicău, Titley, Willmott
Verts/ALE
van Buitenen, Tıkés