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"Madam President, once again, we are being asked for an agreement concerning the protection of European citizens’ data when it is transferred to the United States and which is also applicable in Canada and Australia. In this House, we are all very committed to the safety of our fellow citizens. The debate is not about that.
Yes, our fellow citizens have a right to security, but they have a right to it in all areas, including legal certainty. We know that in the name of combating terrorism in particular, many safeguards to which all citizens are entitled have been jeopardised and that quantity has all too often taken precedence over quality.
I would like to congratulate our rapporteur on the work she has done, which is along the right lines, particularly when she emphasises the issues of necessity and proportionality. I would willingly add to that the issue of reciprocity. When it comes to defending human rights, however, the United States is far from being a model, and we know that European citizens do not enjoy the same protection there as in Europe and that a number of them are regularly subjected to what I would call administrative harassment – and what is worse – on the grounds that they are suspected of being terrorists. What does this mean? Worse still, what will happen to these guarantees when the data is transferred to third countries, especially with a view to prevention?
We know that 80% of this data has already reached the United States. The statements I have just heard are, regrettably, far from reassuring."@en1
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