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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, Marjory Van den Broeke, spokesman for the European Parliament Secretariat, told the press that the European Parliament has purchased eight body scanners, items which we debated in plenary for weeks, even adopting a resolution on the subject.
We have purchased these machines, and during the debate no one – neither the Secretariat, nor the President – informed us of this fact, while we were questioning whether or not this same equipment should be authorised in airports. This was, I believe, an incredible mistake on the part of the Presidency and the Secretariat. What is more, on 4 November I submitted a written request for information on this matter, and I am yet to receive a response. I had to find the answer out for myself in the EU Observer on 10 December.
How is it possible, I wonder, that we should have purchased this equipment and that during the debate, when we expressed our disapproval of the use of these machines, we were not even told that Parliament had already purchased them? This has made us a figure of fun in the eyes of the public."@en1
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