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"Mr President, I wish to thank you for enabling us to arrange this properly. I thought we had submitted the names in time, but there was some misunderstanding.
What is at issue, then, are the anti-terrorist laws and a European arrest warrant. We are strongly critical of these terrorist laws, and above all of an arrest warrant, in terms both of their content and of the speed with which these laws have been devised. We are also critical of the fact that there has been no basic examination of the proposed laws or assessment of their impact. Moreover, the European Parliament has in actual fact dealt with the issue without much in the way of reflection. We were therefore also extremely anxious that our Amendment No 4 should be voted through today. Unfortunately, it was not. I therefore think that Parliament has not accepted its responsibilities when it comes to protecting those deprived of their freedom and safeguarding human rights.
Following the attacks in the United States on 11 September, the work designed to produce new anti-terrorist laws within the EU has proceeded at a furious pace. These draft laws are extremely far-reaching, and the security of the individual may be in danger. The same concerns also apply to the interpretations brought to bear upon how a terrorist group is really to be defined. A majority of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance therefore voted against the arrest warrant.
All this is also having further consequences. In Sweden, the freezing of the assets of al-Baraka, a not-for-profit association, has directly affected a number of Swedish citizens of Somalian origin. It has also been made impossible for Somalians to send money to needy families and relatives. This is a clear example of what can be the indiscriminate effects of these laws, and the fact that measures of this type can be taken without any proof being required is an injustice committed against people. In my opinion, greater reflection and more impact assessments were needed before we took this decision."@en1
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