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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9313

24 November 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha/visas
Simon Busuttil pushes for reciprocity over visas with USA

Brussels, 23/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - Maltese MEP Simon Busuttil (EPP-ED) got the support of around fifty MEPs from his group to demand that the European Commission pushes the USA to lift the visa obligation on nationals from 10 EU Member States.

On Wednesday, Mr Busuttil indicated that, “the visa is already an expensive and time-consuming burden. Imposing it on ten EU countries out of twenty-five simply makes it worse”. He pointed out that “people have the right to expect to be...

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