Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-163"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU citizens’ passports2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.15.3-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyriacos Triantaphyllides2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou - Aristera - Nees Dynameis (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we disagree with the introduction of biometric identifiers and feel that they infringe fundamental rights which we consider to be . They are an insult to human dignity and jeopardise the safeguarding of important human rights, such as privacy and freedom of movement. Behind these measures is concealed the adoption of the so-called 'war on terrorism' as a priority in the objectives of the European Union. It is important that Europe should not get carried away and should fight for the good of nations and people. This should imply resistance to such policies. The collection, storage, access to and transmission of personal data harbour huge dangers and are equivalent to acceptance of global policing and excessive controls. I should like to take this opportunity to denounce the action of the Council, which adopted these measures before procedures had been completed in Parliament, as well as the arbitrary change to the provision on mandatory biometric identifiers in the passports of European citizens, from a digital photograph only to a photograph and fingerprint. The Council wrongly underestimated our role, the voice of the European citizens whom we represent …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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