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"Madam President, today we update our Internal Security Strategy for 2015 to 2020, proposed by the Commission. In doing so we could not have envisaged in just how important a context we would discuss the need for increased cooperation of the highest quality to ensure the security of our citizens and to ensure we get the balance right between tackling terrorism, on the one hand, and ensuring that those same terrorists do not disrupt the freedoms we enjoy. It is always the case that Member States provide the first response in terms of internal security, but it is now absolutely clear that cooperation across borders of the European Union and cooperation in the priority areas of counter-terrorism, cyber security and related organised crime have taken on a renewed importance. Let us not forget the terrorist attacks of recent days on EU citizens in Tunisia, in Paris some months ago, in Copenhagen and in Brussels – and, of course, today marks the anniversary of 7/7 in my own city of London, which was the biggest single terrorist attack on UK citizens.
So what is Parliament contributing in terms of the Commission’s priorities for a modernised security agenda at this critical and sensitive moment? First we underline that in preventing radicalisation we must search for the best possible models of European practice on so-called ‘foreign fighters’. In monitoring the internet for content which may lead to terrorist attacks, we must stick to the rule of law so as not to end up in the grey zones of censorship. In fighting violent extremism and terrorism we should use our existing tools effectively before creating new tools, and in doing so we should not undermine the very fundamental values that terrorists wish to violate.
We want to be practical in this House, and our practical priorities for this Parliament, in terms of existing and new measures, are firstly to update the SIS II system to make compulsory alerts of persons convicted or suspected of terrorism and to help Member States implement travel bans at national level. Secondly, the importance of cross-border access to information and in particular the European police record index system. Third, Parliament is calling for a legal framework for all semi-permanent or permanent joint investigation teams and, of course, the PNR Directive by the end of 2015. We suggest possible solutions to the most sensitive and difficult security challenges – for example, online terrorism threats and online radicalisation. We never say that this is going to be easy, but we welcome new structures within Europol called the European Counter—terrorism Centre and the effective work that it is already doing. We never say that this is easy or without risk or without problems. We also welcome cooperation with IT companies and civil society and law enforcement authorities through an EU forum to develop tools to counter terrorist propaganda online and in social media.
The resolution that we present is full of ideas from Members of this Parliament who have great experience spanning many years of dealing with terrorism and dealing with many reports in this House – both legislative and non—legislative. That is why the import of what I am saying today is: please treat the European Parliament as your partner in dealing with the EU Security Strategy. I know that in dealing with this resolution we have had many shades of opinion and political differences, but the most important thing that I want to say as Chair of this Committee is that the expertise, both in terms of security and in terms of fundamental rights and understanding of data issues, is very rich in this Parliament. So please, Commissioner, treat that with seriousness. Please, President—in—Office, see the expertise in Parliament. I say that to both parts of our European Union.
I would also say that, from PNR to tackling radicalisation, these are very sensitive ongoing issues, but the European Parliament will play its part. We fully understand that the Union’s internal security has become more complex, asymmetric and difficult to predict, but equally we understand that there has been more value placed on cross-border cooperation, data sharing and cyber security.
For these very good reasons you will find full commitment and partnership in the EU security agenda. I look forward to hearing the contributions of my colleagues who contributed to the resolution before the House today, and I ask the Commissioner to respond in as detailed a way as we have contributed to that resolution."@en1
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