Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-160"
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"Mr President, I should like to add to the criticism expressed in this House. I consider the report a democratic scandal. I turn firstly to its substance. What is, of course, at issue is whether it is fair to introduce biometric data, which in this case means fingerprints, into people’s passports. Yes, says the Council, and the report submissively concurs, of course, irrespective of the fact that these demands are synonymous with a huge extension of the police surveillance that the EU has been developing in recent years. The scandal consists in the fact that neither the report nor the Council’s decision contains any serious discussion of the relationship between ends and means. A number of significant encroachments upon people’s rights are to be introduced without the remotest evidence that these encroachments are of any use at all in achieving the objective. On the contrary, all the competent and expert bodies have been united in stating that there is simply no point in demanding biometric information in passports. The operation was successful, but the patient died, as we say in Denmark. In recent days, this scandal has taken on the character of a farce. The consultation of Parliament, ostensibly based upon Article 67 of the EC Treaty, is clearly inadequate, and a future Council decision would therefore be invalid. I adhere to the minority opinion, issued by myself and a number of fellow MEPs."@en1
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