European Parliament
Paulo Casaca (PSE ).
(PT)
I must say I am astonished to hear that answer. May I point out that four or five years ago, when I put a similar question, on the United States, to the Commission, I was told that the Council was working on the issue via a group that specialised in consular matters. Yet we are now witnessing a concept in retreat, a European citizenship that used to exist and that used to be taken into account four or five years ago, which is no longer the case. I should like to understand how this is possible.

