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"Mr President, I very much support the rapporteur's position. I agree with everything she said.
I was quite shocked at the Commissioner's attitude towards Parliament today. It was extremely arrogant, to say the least. Parliament has adopted a position much more in line with the Treaties than that of the Commission. The Commission should ensure that the Treaties are complied with and that data transfer complies fully with EU legislation on data protection. Last March Parliament asked the Commission to do this. However, what it seems to have done is to have gone away and come back claiming that it has adequate levels of protection. The Commissioner said that adequate levels of protection from the US is the best he can do and that Parliament's attitude is irresponsible. I do not believe that is justified. That is a cavalier attitude towards long-fought and established civil liberties.
What has been said today is in relation to access to data, trying to correct errors, the purpose for which this data will be used, where else it might go and, in particular, the right of people to legal redress. People's lives could be dramatically changed as a result of incorrect data held on them or mistakes that have been made. Why should European citizens have a different level of protection from US citizens? Ideally I would like to see an immediate termination of PNR transfers to the US until we have a permanent legislative solution in place.
This is not the way to fight terrorism. If we push aside the rule of law and long-established civil rights, we will not only allow the terrorists to win on one front, but allow them to win on all fronts. We are creating a very dark and oppressive future for everyone. This is not the approach that should be taken. Civil liberties have to be upheld. One only has to look at the United States to see the measures that have been brought in, in recent times, to combat terrorism. They do not work. The Patriot Act and other measures do not work. All they do is suppress the rights of ordinary law-abiding citizens, without them having any right to legal redress. I do not believe that this is the way forward in the 21st century."@en1
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