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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is a very important moment in discussions on the fight against terrorism, in which we are talking about how to protect the freedom of our citizens. Often in such situations there is a kind of paradox in that, while defending citizens’ freedoms and their right to life, their right to security, we are forced in some way to restrict their civil liberties. It seems to me that the subject that we are discussing today is one of the most important debates taking place in the Western world.
Where is the boundary between what we, as national or international institutions, have to do to protect our citizens, and their right, the right of all of us as citizens, to freedom, to the preservation of citizens’ rights? I believe that unfortunately in today’s world the threat of terrorism is so great that this boundary is being moved rather uncomfortably, also for me, in the direction of the rights of the state and against the rights of the individual. However we must always give consideration to respect for citizens’ rights, even when we know that what we do is necessary."@en1
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