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"Mr President, of the various topics for debate at the forthcoming European Council – in addition to Turkey, which we have spoken about on a number of occasions – the topic of the fight against terrorism remains extremely important. The Dutch Presidency’s evaluation of the action programme of June 2004 is proof of this.
Given that this is a threat to all of us, the most appropriate strategy is one that leads us to act together, bypassing national level and even the areas of internal justice and security. Indeed, the way to deal with terrorism today is entirely different from the 1970s and 80s. The events of 11 September 2001 have ushered in a radical change in the area of security. European countries have new responsibilities and new challenges, the urgency and seriousness of which was confirmed by 11 March.
In a globalised world, politics, diplomacy, internal security and defence must be combined to address these new types of threat. Security has become a global, indivisible concept, which today encompasses internal and external security and the support of third countries in the fight against terrorism. The EU and its Member States must streamline their defence capacities and strengthen their channels of diplomatic cooperation, their information services and their legal and law enforcement coordination, in a genuine synergy of national and transnational policy.
As a Portuguese Member of this House, I wish to point out that my government – under the then Prime Minister, Mr Durão Barroso, who is now President of the Commission – transposed all Community legislation in the area of combating terrorism and took the operational measures needed to carry this out. On the same subject, I should like to highlight the introduction of biometric data in passports, a measure that was only recently adopted by Parliament. Provided it is accompanied by essential precautions, this measure will serve to strengthen crime prevention and, in turn, to reinforce the citizens’ security, which is our primary objective.
On the eve of the European Council, the various speeches made in this House on this subject have shown that Parliament wishes to send out a clear message that this is the path that together we must relentlessly continue to follow."@en1
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