Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-29-Speech-1-064"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of personal data of air passengers2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040329.7.1-064"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-29-Speech-1-0652
lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the Commission is in an unenviable position. Airlines are almost certainly breaking the law on data protection by giving the US authorities confidential information about their passengers. To take action would harm our airlines and may lead to disruption in travel to the US; not to act rides roughshod over individual privacy in the European Union. The Commission has sought to reach an agreement with the United States. The concerns about this agreement are widespread. They are shared by the Article 29 Committee, and quite possibly by the heads of state and government meeting last weekend, who amended the draft presidency conclusions on this issue. They are very much borne out from this House in this report. In the United States widespread criticism of methods adopted by the government in the fight against terrorism is evident, whether it is to do with the policy of detention without trial or the way in which the heavy hand of the state is being imposed in areas like this. The Commission's proposed deal on the transfer of data is a deal too far: more information is sought than is strictly necessary; that information can be held too long with no right for the individual to correct it; there is no right to compensation for people denied boarding of aircraft and no legal redress against abuse of personal data by the state. Liberal Democrats believe that it is possible to be tough on terrorism and true to the treaties we have signed on civil liberties. We bow to nobody in our determination to fight terrorism. We urge our Member States to act more effectively. We recognise the need to work with democracies across the Atlantic; but let us do so intelligently, with a response that is measured and proportionate, and not sacrifice our freedoms in our determination to fight those who threaten them."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; ELDR (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Watson (ELDR )."1

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