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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is a difference between you and the honourable gentlemen sitting on the front benches: they are selected by their governments to serve authority. You are elected by the people to defend democracy.
What do the selected come and ask of us, the elected? That we tie down our peoples, that we overturn the right of free speech. That is what they are asking of us. Shall we do so? Just imagine if this technology had existed in 1940 and if Hitler had had this directive in his hands. He would have killed far more than the 6 million Jews. Just imagine if the Stalinist regime had had it in their hands. It might still be doing the same. That is what they are asking us to do today, at the expense of the people of Europe. We must not allow it.
They tell us, 'for the sake of combating terrorism'. In other words, Bin Laden and his ilk will use public telephones, they will buy prepaid cards and, if they want to use the Internet, they will go to an Internet café to do so. What are they talking about and who is the final recipient? The final recipient will be the CIA. Will you hand the peoples of Europe over to the CIA? Think according to conscience, not according to the instructions of your groups or parties.
Long live freedom!"@en1
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