Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-19-Speech-4-055-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-USA agreement on the use and transfer of PNR to the US Department of Homeland Security (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.4.4-055-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-056-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Hélène Flautre2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Europe Écologie (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, finally, since the start of this debate there have not been many fellow Members who believe that this agreement does not, in one way or another, undermine the fundamental rights of European citizens. To put it simply, some people are saying ‘It’s better than nothing. It would be worse if there was no agreement. In the end, it’s worth chipping away a little at our rights if we can see a corresponding benefit in terms of security.’ That is what we have been saying recently. Yet we know perfectly well – we have not only been saying it, but we have also demonstrated it – that a policy of combating terrorism, in order to be effective, rather than just being moral or meeting international obligations, must respect the totality of human rights, international law and our obligations. It is extremely hard to believe that this agreement could not be demolished by a court, if ever we in this Chamber were not able to shoulder our political responsibilities, because that is what this is actually about. Will we manage to stand beside the citizens of Europe – past evidence shows that they can only rely on the European Parliament in these areas – or will we allow ourselves to be overawed by threats? We have seen what happened in the past. With regard to the system implemented by the CIA, when there were secret prisons, illegal transfers and torture on our territory, who stood beside us in the Council and in the Commission to set up inquiries and find out who is responsible? No one. We want to cooperate. We have no mechanism of accountability when the services operate outside the legal framework. This is a serious matter."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))."1
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