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"en.20031119.13.3-315"2
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"Madam President, this report and this debate in Parliament are, from a political point of view, quite meaningless. What we have here is a non-binding recommendation in an area outside Parliament’s competence. This lack of real significance is in sharp contrast, however, to the importance of the underlying subject. The subject is frighteningly important. It has to do with nothing less than national, supranational and international police authorities’ uncontrolled use of the information and monitoring systems forming part of what is termed the second generation Schengen Information System, known as SIS II. I am able to say that George Orwell’s nightmare visions of Big Brother pale in comparison with this state of affairs.
The systems are to a large extent secret, particularly for those implicated. Evermore extended use is being made, officially and unofficially, of the information collected. In reality, there is no democratic, parliamentary and judicial control. The original rationale behind the Schengen Information System, or what was known as SIS I – namely nothing more nor less than the securing of border controls – has long since been replaced by an ambition to collect police information in the broad sense of the term. Involving more and more information on more and more subjects, the Schengen Information System, or SIS, and, for that matter, Sirene are outside the domain of the law and not subject to controls. I am unfamiliar with my fellow MEP’s, Mr Coelho’s, background and motives. I have no reason to doubt his concerns. What I contest is the realism and usefulness of the proposals. I am more in agreement with the premises of the minority statement which, in my purely personal opinion, should have emphasised still more strongly that we are not concerned here with the mere dangers of misuse and of a legal vacuum. The misuse of such a legal vacuum is an almost inevitable consequence of the police state factors that are already present and that have been approved."@en1
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