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Mr President, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats attaches great importance to common guarantees for the protection of privacy at Union level. Not only will these nurture mutual trust between Member States with regard to the exchange of data, but will also benefit the prosecution of punishable offences and the willingness to exchange data for such prosecution. You are completely right when you point at the availability of data, because it is important that we can make real progress in that respect with a view to public safety. Before we can do this, this step must be taken to protect privacy.
Looking back at previous discussions, I, on behalf of my group, should like to pay the rapporteur a huge compliment, for Mrs Roure has compiled a balanced report and the realistic and measured manner in which she handled the discussions with the Commission was a demonstration of her expertise. She backed us up all the way in a number of areas. Accordingly, we did not go as far as to want to ban the exchange of information with third countries. We came to the right decision together.
Secondly, we refused to follow – and will refuse to do so in future – those who want secret services to fall within this remit. Thirdly, the rapporteur has not brought any pressure to bear on the Council either in order to stop the discussion of the reports on the Financial Information System (FIS) and the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) until this report has been completed.
In doing so, Mrs Roure has done a great job. This is an even-handed report which strikes the right balance between protecting privacy on the one hand, and creating opportunities for the improved exchange of data on the other. This is something we owe to our citizens, if we really want the Union to do what it can to safeguard our security. Thank you once again, Mrs Roure, for your cooperation."@en1
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