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"Mr President, for a secret service, the CIA is in the news an awful lot. Germany and Italy are up in arms about reports of its alleged abduction of radical imams in both countries and, as my fellow Member said a moment ago, an enquiry has just been launched in Spain into the transit of suspects via Majorca. It is a matter of rumour in Europe that there are also secret camps, where detainees, deprived of their rights, are kept.
In the first case, the European countries involved are infuriated, but in the second case, they are partly to blame. You have said as much; you have said that this is in contravention of human rights and of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, but I am very curious as to what you will actually do about it. When the Council of Europe mounts an enquiry, your response to that is just to ask to be kept informed. That strikes me as a very narrow interpretation.
The European Union, as a community of values, cannot afford to look away now, and I want you to take an active part. I want you to check not only with governments, but also with NGOs and the press whether certain statements are true. I want you to talk to members of parliament, and I want to hear you say that, if those statements are true, there has been a contravention of Article 6, at which point an Article 7 procedure is supposed to kick into effect. I want to hear you say that Article 7 is applicable, if the statements are true, that is!
This is not, however, a merely institutional issue. This is not simply something the Commission has to do, although I do think that it should play a far more active role. It is also, and above all, a political issue. A few moments ago, a Polish Member of this House rightly said that such matters should also be discussed at national level, and I think that we should all go back to our sister parties at national level, for this is something that must be broached with them too. We should not simply place the responsibility with the Commission, but we should, via our own sister parties, ensure that these things are checked to find out whether or not they are true."@en1
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