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"The interim report before us today is the fruit of the work of a committee that unfortunately opted to make up for a lack of investigatory powers by pulling out all the stops to issue political judgment on the activities of the USA’s allies in Europe. Six months of work in the committee has revealed nothing that had not already appeared in the media. It irks me that the majority of the committee has drawn subjective, distorted conclusions from a few facts and from a huge number of unsubstantiated rumours. I fear that the committee’s irresponsible approach may lead not only to Parliament’s credibility being eroded, but also to trust between the European and US allies being damaged. This trust is key to winning the fight against terrorism, to ensuring the security of the transatlantic area and to guaranteeing the stability of international relations as a whole.
I want to emphasise that the fight against terrorism must be pursued in compliance with international law and with respect for human rights. At the same time, however, it is wrong to present a series of mistakes that may have occurred in the context of complex global anti–terror operations as a systemic problem. If there are suspicions that human rights have been violated in EU countries, they should be investigated by the judicial systems of the Member States. Rather than unsubstantiated denunciations of the US secret services, the EU’s political authorities should be focusing on how to prevent terrorism effectively and how to meet their responsibilities as regards world security, in close cooperation with the allies and in compliance with the fundamental principles of international law. I firmly believe, Mr President, that Parliament should take the opportunity to amend the report to ensure that our work is credible. Otherwise, I will have no option but to reject this temporary committee report, along with the entire Czech contingent from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, which has agreed on this course of action."@en1
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