Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-13-Speech-3-113"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Future of the area of freedom, security and justice2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041013.6.3-113"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-13-Speech-3-1142
lpv:speaker	lp:Marcin Libicki2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2004-10-27)3 chair; PETI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, freedom is a criterion that should always be taken into consideration when making important decisions of any kind. After all, it is thanks to a thirst for freedom that the European Union exists today, as freedom provided a basis for its creation. It is thanks to the thirst for freedom of seven of the new Member States, which for half a century were subject in turn to German and Communist domination, were able to join these institutions and become fully fledged members of the European Union. The two main threats to freedom today are terrorism, and immigration, in that order. These threats, may also be perceived as a challenge. We must rise to it, find a way forward, and deal with the issue of immigration once and for all. Rising levels of crime represent the next obvious threat to freedom. I would also like to draw particular attention to the threat to freedom posed by the intrusion of the state into areas of life to which it should not have access, namely areas of private life. This is an extremely serious problem, because it really is a major threat to freedom. New technologies also pose a great threat, as they make it possible to monitor citizens to a much greater degree than has previously been possible. The challenge facing the European institutions and all Europeans is to strike a balance between the desire for a peaceful and safe life and the wish to live in freedom. I would like to ask whether some of the members of the Commission who voted against Mr Buttiglione were not by any chance guided by religious criteria, thus violating the extremely serious issue of religious freedom."@en1

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