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"Mr President, Mr López Garrido, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in this House, I supported the agreement concluded between the European Union and the United States on mutual judicial assistance. I did so because I consider transatlantic cooperation to be very important in general, and particularly so in the area of freedom, security and justice. In the plenary session on 11 February, I voted against the provisional agreement on the transfer of financial data concluded between the European Union and the United States. I did so for the sake of Parliament’s prerogatives, but also because the agreement was unacceptable. In that debate, I called for respect for the principles of necessity and proportionality, as well as for the integrity and security of European financial data. I am pleased to note at this juncture the Commission’s and the Council’s new attitude towards cooperating with Parliament. I believe that together, we shall succeed in establishing the basic principles that should guide and facilitate future cooperation between the European Union and the United States in the fight against terrorism. I hope that the concerns expressed by Parliament in its resolution of September 2009 will be duly taken into account in this new agreement. I reiterate that there needs to be absolute respect for the principles of necessity, proportionality and reciprocity. I emphasise that there must be basic safeguards to guarantee that such data are retained for as little time as is strictly essential, after which they should be destroyed. I reiterate the demand that legal appeals must be possible and that suitable guarantees must be established regarding any transfer of personal details to third countries. Above all, it must be proved that such data are useful in preventing acts of terrorism or incriminating terrorists. Outside this framework, it will not be possible to obtain our consent. The European Parliament will be consistent with the positions it has always held."@en1
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