Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-05-Speech-3-010"
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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the presidency has read the European Parliament’s motion for a resolution on the ECHELON interception system with great interest and will be following the debate on the subject intently. I am delighted with Parliament’s thorough investigation into this matter. This initiative is in line with the traditional democratic supervisory role of legislative meetings. It reflects the concerns of many EU citizens with regard to that system.
Moreover, I should like to draw attention to the fact that, during your activities in this connection, the Council presidency has, at all times, shown its willingness to cooperate loyally with Parliament. The Portuguese, French and Swedish Presidencies have all accepted Parliament’s invitation to clarify their position in this matter, both at plenary meetings and at meetings of your temporary committee.
It is therefore in that capacity that I am here today attending the discussion of the report and of the resolution of the temporary committee and that I wish to express my sympathy with Parliament’s concern in this matter. As you will know, the word ‘sympathy’ in Greek – to refer to one of the old languages – means ‘empathy’.
The fact that the parliamentary bodies of my own country have also devoted attention to the interception of communications, as evidenced in two Belgian parliamentary reports which were sent to Mr Schmid and which are mentioned in his report, reinforces my belief that the political issue involved is complex, yet important.
I hope that you will nevertheless understand that I, as President of the Council, must limit my reaction to those aspects which are related to the Council or the Union’s institutions in general. It is not my role to react on behalf of or in respect of individual Member States."@en1
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