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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the security of our societies is a non-negotiable value that we must pursue with determination.
It is very clear that more efficient checks at the security gates must be backed by a higher level of cooperation between intelligence systems and the use of high-tech instruments. The European ministers have done well not to be carried away by a tide of emotion and instead to concentrate on how to go about coordinating this operation.
Some governments have legitimately started to test body scanners on more sensitive routes. Unless we are to end up with a European space that applies non-uniform standards, however, we must obtain the results of the studies under way as soon as possible. Of course we must defend personal rights, but without preying on people’s fears.
Let us talk about health, let us reaffirm the precautionary principle, let us ask for confirmation of possible harm resulting from exposure to radio waves or x-rays, but let us stop wailing about an invasion of privacy just because of a few blurred images of faceless bodies that are immediately deleted, as though GPS, mobile phones or TV cameras had not been part of our lives for years.
Until the international terror centres have been obliterated, we must learn to live with these sacrifices, giving citizens solid answers and effective solutions, with a single limitation: the physical integrity of the individual."@en1
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