Graham Watson, MEP
European Liberal, Democrat, and Reform Party
Graham Watson of the United Kingdom has served in the European Parliament since 1999. The following is excerpted from December 18, 2002, European Parliament debate on Immigration Policy.We have spoken much in recent weeks about the enlargement of the European Union. That enlargement extends our borders to Russia, to Ukraine, and Belarus — it is hardly surprising if issues of border control and immigration policy are center stage. But when it comes to immigration, no country is an island. A real debate is needed at the European level, and not the kind of distasteful sloganeering that we suffered at the…
