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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-04-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Area of freedom, security and justice2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050411.15.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-11-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	". Madam President, I am grateful for the very full speech of Minister Frieden, outlining the Council’s output in 2004. However, it hardly engaged the well-known dissatisfaction of this Parliament with both the quality and the manner of EU Justice and Home Affairs developments at all. A complete culture change is required in the Council, such that this Parliament is treated as a true partner. The fact that the Minister said that we should not spend too much time worrying about the legal basis of the data-retention proposal is absolutely symptomatic of the fact that the Council just does not get it! It potentially makes a big difference, both to the degree of privacy infringement and to the degree of openness and democracy in decision-making, whether that proposal is based in EU law or is simply intergovernmental. The cavalier way that privacy concerns are treated in the Council is deeply worrying. More and more proposals infringe data protection norms. It is a slippery slope. The ultimate goal will become – or is already – the linking-up of the whole series of EU and national databases on personal habits, biometric information and probably, eventually, DNA. This needs a serious public debate, mediated through this Parliament, on the basis of thorough privacy impact assessments accompanying each proposal. However, what we are getting is a process of salami slicing, where each new proposal removes a little more protection against invasions of privacy. This sly and shadowy method is not a clever strategy because if the European public one day finds it does not like the system of surveillance constructed, it will react strongly. I urge the Minister to persuade interior ministries and home offices to change the habits of a lifetime and be open, candid and accountable in their dealings."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group"1

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