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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am convinced that Mr Frattini has read our questions and will certainly also answer them this evening. I am also convinced that he knows that Parliament supports a balanced viewpoint where combating crime comes up against the issue of privacy, as in this case involving data storage.
All day long, we have discussed the Lisbon Process and how we are to become more competitive. It cannot, then, be the right time to impose upon enterprises, authorities and citizens enormous costs for which we do not even have an impact assessment; in other words, costs for which there is no basis. It seems to me entirely unreasonable and illogical to take decisions before such an assessment has been carried out while, at the same time, discussing competitiveness and Lisbon.
It would be unreasonable to make people pay for this surveillance of themselves. I believe that it must always be the party who requests the information who pays. Otherwise, the situation would work in favour of a Big Brother society. Moreover, it has not been demonstrated that this approach is necessary, something that is essential before any decisions can be taken. Should the Commission submit a proposal, it is logical for the Member States to withdraw theirs.
I hope and believe that Mr Frattini realises that it is a good idea – even necessary – to ensure that the protection of people’s privacy on a third pillar basis is at least as good as the same protection based on the first pillar. I share my fellow MEPs’ viewpoint that it would be interesting to hear how you intend to deal with this matter."@en1
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