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"Mr President, it is up to the political groups to decide to get to the bottom of these allegations at a time when everyone is feeling very uneasy.
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will take the information provided by the political groups into consideration as far as possible. I personally am convinced that we need to re-examine four main points.
Firstly, we need to look into the issue of extraordinary rendition. Have the United States engaged in this practice in respect of people suspected of terrorism? Can it be regarded as legal, if by any chance it has taken place on the territory of the European Union? In these circumstances, we need to bear in mind Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, Articles 2, 3, 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly with regard to legal guarantees, and also the provisions of the agreements between the United States and the European Union on legal cooperation in criminal matters and on extradition, and the bilateral agreements in that respect. We must, when examining this issue, take account of the problems raised by illegal abductions and the treatment of prisoners.
Secondly, has this practice occurred on EU territory since 1 January 2002? Have flights been organised to transport people suspected of terrorist acts? Where were they detained? What was their status? To help it find answers to all these questions, the Committee on Civil Liberties has, under Annex 6 of the Rules of Procedure setting out its powers and responsibilities, a legal basis for triggering the warning system if there is a risk of violation of fundamental rights; it can therefore set to work if the political groups give it the opportunity and work in agreement with the Council of Europe or, in any event, cooperate with the temporary committee that will be set up. Nevertheless, I would ask you not to wait."@en1
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