At the same time differences in living standards on the Union's new external borders must also be reduced.
Even now we must cast our eyes beyond the external borders.
We have to create a new system of funding that can be used on the Union's other external borders too.
There has been a lot of talk about external borders, but the Council cannot even decide on where the seat should be.
In the final analysis, this is about one of the Union's common external borders.
We must remember, however, that this issue is crucial to the control of the Union's external borders.
Europe has a shared external border, and it is everybody's responsibility.
The fifth point is better control on the Union's external borders.
We know what it means to live on Europe's external border.
We must in fact at least deal with the most necessary of these: the external borders and the fight against drugs.