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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 - Brussels OJ edition

Combating terrorism - Protection of personal data (debate)
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  Ioan Mircea Paşcu (PSE). - Mr President, in spite of its horrible consequences, international terrorism is still, sadly, a controversial subject. We want protection, but we protest at the cost and distress to authorities when they propose to implement measures to that effect. We deplore the terrorist attacks, but we protest at the limitations to the full exercise of our rights, in spite of the fact that we know very well that the perpetrators are abusing our democratic system.

Ideally any limitation of our rights should be compensated by a corresponding increase in our security in the face of terrorist attacks. Equally, we tend to resist legislative uniformisation against terrorism, although we know that the consequences are similarly destructive. Furthermore, attacks might increase in frequency when the punishment is milder.

Therefore, to have an effective protection against terrorism, perhaps we should make up our minds and reconcile first these conflicting views.

 
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