European Parliament
Fatuzzo (PPE-DE ).
(IT)
Mr President, this report expresses an opinion on the entry and residence of third country nationals for the purpose of paid employment and self-employed economic activities. At the airport, I met some beautiful retired ladies and some retired men who were still youthful, who said to me: ‘Why is it that you at the European Parliament only concern yourselves with the movement and residence of workers and citizens in general? Are you not going to do something for pensioners as well? We too would like to travel throughout Europe, even if we are from third countries and are not workers, just pensioners. Will there be a directive in the future which will facilitate the entry into the European Union and movement and residence therein of pensioners too?’ ‘I am sure there will’, I replied. Therefore, in the meantime, I voted for this report too.

