Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-05-Speech-3-021"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:”Echelon”2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010905.2.3-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-05-Speech-3-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Maurizio Turco2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as a European citizen, even more than as a Member of Parliament, I would like to quietly express my indignation at the way the committee’s work was carried out. In its work, the committee systematically violated the Rules of Procedure, failing to comply with the obligation for transparency in Parliament’s activities and infringing the right of access to public documents. Without wishing to belittle the work of committee chairman, Mr Coelho, or the rapporteur, Mr Schmid, in any way, it was necessary to organise the work in this way not in the interests of European security – which is an abstract concept in this context – but in order to conceal the responsibility of the Member States of the Union. The report states quite clearly that Echelon does exist, that it systematically spies on citizens and companies of the Member States of the Union on a huge scale and that the United Kingdom is part of the system, but it does not condemn this fact openly because systematic and generalised interceptions, filtered using search engines are already being carried out by Germany, while Holland, which clearly has the necessary technology, is in the process of producing legislation which will allow it to carry out interceptions as well. We can see from the report that Echelon is a prime example of a system which does not recognise citizens’ right to privacy and subordinates privacy to national security, which is primarily endangered by the inability of politicians to foresee, prevent and deal with threats. In the face of all this, the practical, immediate solution that emerges from the report is to invite companies and citizens to encrypt documents, as if the indissoluble link between cryptographic, code breaking and technical interception systems were not well known. Mr President, the only political response which it is possible to give today is to be found in my minority opinion. Democratic scrutiny is essential."@en1

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