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"Mr President, I voted against the decision on combating terrorism because I feel it is fundamentally flawed. I recognise that there have been some improvements – for example in Recital 10. A lot of people are putting faith in the Council's statement, which is not part of the legally binding text. It is basically only a political promise. People should be extremely wary of political promises.
The statement protects the right of people to protest, which is one of the fundamental issues that people were very concerned about. If it had been in the text itself it might have been legally binding. But there is no guarantee as to how this legislation will be used. Will it interfere with the rights of people who are unhappy with the status quo and want to change things?
We also have to look at how it will impact on foreigners, for example people from different cultural and religious backgrounds – some people in Western society are extremely wary of them. There is a great threat to their fundamental rights.
On the European arrest warrant I would endorse what Mr MacCormick has said. It was very disappointing to see so many people in this Parliament not support an amendment that would have given people some sort of protection in relation to protecting their basic civil liberties."@en1
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