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"Mr President, I join with the previous speakers in extending a warm welcome to Commissioner Frattini and congratulating Mr Coelho, the rapporteur.
The previous speakers have already drawn attention to the lack of cohesion in the democratic process where this issue is concerned. The decision to add a second characteristic was taken behind closed doors, and both the EP and the national parliaments were simply frozen out in the process. The Council has subsequently more or less blackmailed the European Parliament to push through a few decisions as soon as possible, even though this issue is a very fundamental one. I have to add that I very much regret the fact that there is no one from the Council present today to respond to this.
Commissioner Frattini has said that this is a security measure and that we demand better passports. That is of course all very well and good, but we should not forget to add that we also have to consider the request of the United States that we should include one biometric characteristic. It has not asked for two, and it is therefore beyond me why this second characteristic should all of a sudden be added, certainly if the United States has no intention at all of doing the same. I would therefore ask you to support our amendment tomorrow to keep the second characteristic optional.
Finally, looking through the proposals, I wonder whether these would really lead to an improvement in security or whether they represent a show of security, because, as you know, terrorists simply travel using their own passports."@en1
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