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I sometimes have the feeling that we are our own worst enemies.
The concern that this issue has raised is justified. It is right that the procedures followed have been improved, as a result of being harmonised with the general legislative requirements for data protection. After the balance achieved, however, in the text adopted in the specialist committee – from which the basic proposal originated – it is absolutely deplorable that various amendments have eroded this reasonable balance and have chosen to use language that can only be described as rabid, heading full tilt into demagogy.
This entirely misplaced ‘fury’ can only be explained by the clash of political agendas and by the subconscious desire verbally to let loose at the Americans or anything that smells of the US or sounds American. As a matter of fact, this hysterical language is, in itself, quite incomprehensible, in light of the explanations given by the Commission yesterday during the debate in plenary.
Consequently, since these amendments have been approved, I felt bound to vote against the final report.
I regret the fact that the majority has wished to present this sad picture to the citizens and to show how their security would better safeguarded if it depended on the European Parliament. By ignoring the fact that all of this began with appalling terrorist attacks perpetrated by means of the civilian use of civil aviation, the abusive language that has been used strikes out at the police instead of the terrorists (and instead of the real risks that exist), sending out a deplorable sign that we fail to understand the harsh reality and...
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