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Madam President, I would firstly like to say to Mr Krarup that no, we have not acted hastily, we have been working for over a year in consultation with national experts and university lecturers. We have always listened to experts. It cannot be said that our proposal has not been thought out. I categorically refute this.
Secondly, I would like to say that there is no need to worry, ladies and gentlemen. As the Minister has just said, the definition of terrorism has been improved during the Council’s work. It is entirely in line with the 1977 Council of Europe Convention. It is entirely consistent with the Indian proposal which is now under discussion at the United Nations in New York, and I can assure you that it is completely clear in the recitals that we do not include anti-globalisation demonstrations or trade union action in the scope of terrorist activities. It is so clear that I would describe it as Cartesian. You will see this from the texts.
Finally, I would like to say that the Commission’s conscience is quite clear. We understand the political difficulty and, even, the political drama, constituted by this enormous step forwards that we are taking in order to make Europe an area of freedom, security and justice, and we know that, ultimately, what we need to do is to be true to the values, as I am sure we will be, of respect for the rule of law and the fundamental freedoms of the citizens, but, at the same time, we know that with freedom comes the responsibility to resolutely combat crime and terrorism, and we will therefore combat crime and terrorism resolutely."@en1
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