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"Madam President, I shall be very brief as I only have one minute. I will simply say that the revelation that the ‘Echelon’ electronic espionage network exists, and that it was set up by the United States national security agency, demonstrates utter disdain for the rights, freedoms and sovereignty of European countries. We would rather not believe this affair is indicative of a general attitude towards the European Union.
Under the circumstances we are stunned by the Council’s statement. The presidency began by stating an excellent principle – no communications interception system is admissible if it does not respect the principles of human dignity and the legislation of Member States – but the end of his statement was extremely muddled. It dealt with data transmission inside Europe, the Schengen Information System and Europol, none of which were really relevant.
Actually, the question to the Council is extremely simple: are we going to demand the cessation of the ‘Echelon’ network’s activities, which violate human rights and freedoms? Or if this ‘Echelon’ network is really intended to combat international organised crime, Madam President, we must insist on being involved in it. We must shoulder our share of the burden and create an international organisation for that purpose. Otherwise the network should be closed down, and we are in favour of the parliamentary committee of inquiry called for by several groups in the European Parliament, including the Union for a Europe of Nations Group."@en1
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