Text tabled : A6-0099/2008

  Jan Andersson, Göran Färm, Inger Segelström and Åsa Westlund (PSE), in writing. − (SV) We voted in favour of the report, as it is of the utmost importance to strengthen and improve the efficiency of cooperation between Member States in combating terrorism and cross-border crime. Parliament’s report improves the wording on citizens’ rights with a high level of data protection compared with the German initiative. This is good. Unfortunately, however, the report contains wordings on the processing of specific data concerning racial or ethnic origin, etc, and on the powers of foreign officials regarding arrest and questioning during joint operations. We worked very hard in the committee to have this removed from the report, but were unfortunately unsuccessful.