Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-20-Speech-2-446"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC-USA agreement on PNR2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040420.19.2-446"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-20-Speech-2-4472
lpv:speaker	lp:Hubert Pirker2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, terrorism is the scourge of our time; that is a fact. We will succeed only if we build stronger partnerships within the European Union and with such partners as the United States. Only, too, will we succeed if we implement all these strategies in an effective way, by which I mean that we can expect what we decide on to actually happen. The fact is that terrorists have no fear of the debates we hold in this House; nor have they any fear of regulations and directives; the only thing they fear is effective action. That is why we need to act, and it is incumbent upon us to act – including in matters related to the forwarding of flight details. Of course certain safeguards are needed when forwarding people's personal details; of course the European Union's data protection rules must be adhered to. We have to concede, though, that the data in question are being forwarded for the purposes of preventing terrorism. It is for this reason that we in the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats are in favour of concluding the agreement with the USA on the basis of the points negotiated with the Commission, for we will thereby finally be putting an end to the lack of regulation, opening the way not only to the exchange of data, but also and above all to further improvements and further negotiations. For this reason, too, we object to Mrs Boogerd-Quaak's report, which, on the basis solely of ideologically exaggerated demands, rejects the agreement, thereby making anti-terrorist cooperation impossible by depriving it of any legal basis. The citizens, whom we represent and by whom we are elected, do not expect us to spend our time here in endless debate; what they expect of us is that we take action jointly with those who have kept their heads. The war on terrorism must be our first priority."@en1

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