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Given that Parliament voluntarily limited itself in the nature of the Enquiry, there is much to be welcomed in this Report. I am pleased that ECHELON’s existence is recognised and that the need for transparent international agreements is acknowledged.
However, there are 3 main reasons why I voted against the Report.
Firstly, I believe that member states involved in ECHELON must disengage from this murky, undemocratic system – the report does not make this clear.
Secondly, I feel there is a calm acceptance in this Report that the EU must run an intelligence system as part of the CFSP. I believe that the CFSP threatens freedoms such as open access to information and personal privacy. We know that, whatever the safeguards on paper, these do not always apply in practice.
Thirdly, the implications of such systems for individuals are not clear. While the report says much about the need for protection of privacy and monitoring of the secret services, what should the individual do? They can no longer communicate in confidence. There is no real answer.
Thus, I cannot support the report."@en1
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