Yasmine Boudjenah, MEP
Confederal Group of European United Left/Nordic Green Left
Yasmine Boudjenah of France has served in the European Parliament since 1999. The following is excerpted from February 12, 2003, European Parliament debate on Progress in Implementing the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice in 2002.I should like to take advantage of this annual debate to express my concern about the obstacles to freedom of movement and, more generally, the immigration-policy restrictions in the Union. It has to be admitted that the call to combat terrorism is leading to so-called security measures that sometimes interfere with fundamental rights, at the risk of intensifying a trend which already exists. Therefore, although…
