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"Mr President, Commissioners, this Parliament has reacted after the attention of President Prodi, President Simitis and Mr Hernández Mollar was drawn to the matter by a source as authoritative as the chairman of the Article 29 committee. The Commission, on the other hand, tells us that these are simply misunderstandings. I must say that, now that these misunderstandings have been cleared up, I am even more concerned.
I come from a Member State which knows that measures to combat terrorism must be established, but which also knows – only too well – that this must be done within strict respect for legality and for the law unless we wish to hand final victory to the terrorists.
You tell us that the airlines are being pressured by the action of the United States Administration, which is forcing them to breach European legislation. If this is the case, the airlines have the right to claim protection from their authorities, as do, it goes without saying, the Union’s citizens.
The Commissioner says that no agreement or decision has been reached and that, therefore, there is no legal basis for such action. Commissioner, this is precisely what we are complaining about; this is precisely the question we are asking: what has been done to give the United States the idea that they can undertake unilateral action? What have we done to allow this to happen?
You ask us to take a positive view of the Commission’s actions by saying that data protection – a right recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights – and the loss of jobs or the penalties that airlines might suffer must be seen in a balanced way.
I genuinely believe that this is an acceptance of blackmail and I find this situation surprising. Is the European Union unable to respond in a reciprocal way, to say that some things are not acceptable and might face countermeasures? I have the impression that what we are seeing reflects the attitude of a female character from a Spanish novel who, convinced that she lives under the absolute authority of her husband, is happy because he beats her ‘no more than usual’.
In my view, this is unacceptable and this attitude must change. As most of the groups in this House are calling for, we must stop implementing decisions that have been taken, either by the Union together with the United States or by the United States alone, and attempt this time to conclude, with the means of pressure available to us and with our legislation – which must prevail – an agreement that ensures the secure processing of our data and correctly inform Parliament and, above all, our citizens, of this agreement."@en1
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