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Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Paul Tang
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Europe’s internal borders do not stop criminals, but our internal borders pose big hurdles to our police forces when coordinating with their peers. The Prüm II router will increase efficiency of cooperation and this is very, very welcome. No longer will law enforcement agencies have to contact each of their 26 peers individually.  Of course, cooperation in the form of sharing sensitive data cross-border must be limited to what is strictly necessary and must respect fundamental rights of data subjects. That is why I am happy with the achieved trilogue result. It strikes the right delicate balance between law enforcement needs and the protection of fundamental rights.  Among other things, we oblige ex-ante data impact assessment by national data protection authorities before the connection of national databases to the Prüm router. And this addresses the issue of corrupted databases with biometric data of innocent people like we have seen in France and Slovenia.  We have agreed on mandatory human intervention by biometric experts before sharing of biometric data, ensuring no automated exchange is possible, and we require continuous monitoring of false positives and adequate measures to address them. This is essential in our fight in addressing the problems that may occur with real time facial recognition in the public space. Our dedication to fundamental rights, protection and accountability of law enforcement forces is evident in this agreement.  I would like to express my deep appreciation to the rapporteur, Paolo Ansell, to the shadow, Fabienne Keller – she’s there – and her teams, and of course the S&D teams. The tireless efforts have been instrumental in shaping this outcome. I call upon you, colleagues, to lend your support to the trilogue agreement, embracing this framework as a good starting point for future endeavours.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Fabienne Keller
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FR

En tant que rapporteure pour le compte de mon groupe, je me félicite de ce nouveau règlement Prüm II, qui ancre la stratégie de sécurité intérieure de l’Union européenne à l’ère du numérique. Concrètement, nous permettons aux forces de l’ordre de tous les États membres de consulter, comparer et échanger des données essentielles pour identifier les criminels et collecter des preuves. Grâce à la plateforme sécurisée qui est créée, un policier ou un gendarme à Strasbourg pourra consulter les bases de données de ses collègues à Hambourg ou à Milan dans le cadre des enquêtes en cours et en assurant, chers collègues, la protection des données à caractère personnel. Face à des criminels et à des terroristes toujours plus sophistiqués, toujours plus agiles, l’Union européenne s’adapte et répond avec force. Notre Agence de l’Union européenne pour la coopération des services répressifs progresse aussi, elle démantèle toujours plus de réseaux criminels s’adonnant au trafic de drogue, à la cybercriminalité ou à la traite des êtres humains. Elle sera ainsi dotée d’un outil complémentaire qui lui permettra de poursuivre le déploiement de ses enquêtes et de ses interpellations.  Cet accord vient ainsi compléter l’écosystème de sécurité intérieure engagé dès 2019. Avec mon groupe, Renew, nous saluons ces avancées majeures et concrètes pour assurer la sécurité de nos concitoyens en Europe.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Civil society organisations have pointed out the insufficient safeguards.  Prüm I failed to demonstrate its necessity and proportionality, and Prüm II will now expand data categories and optimise exchanges of information. It will bring in a centralised router enabling the automated exchange of facial images and police records. It will increase the exchange of personal data among police authorities, and it will allow for searches into police databases containing personal data before even any crime has been committed, for so-called crime prevention. Searching for those convicted of crimes, indeed, but also for suspects and in certain cases, victims.  We are already seeing what happens when the power of law enforcement goes unchecked. In France, people are arrested for nothing more than attending a protest, and they will then enter this famous database. At the EU borders, experiments with invasive biometric surveillance technologies against vulnerable migrant populations, and this list goes on.  And will this regulation stand up at the European Court of Justice in terms of the processing of biometric data? The lack of safeguards and the expansion of facial recognition jeopardise our privacy and our data protection. With Prüm II not only do we increase police powers across Europe and reduce the control we have over our own data, but we also decrease the level of scrutiny citizens have over law enforcement and of creeping police surveillance. This is a real concern.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Sin embargo, aquí estamos otra vez en una de esas grotescas contradicciones de la Unión Europea, porque el señor Puigdemont y su tropa siguen fugados de la justicia española sin que la euroorden haya valido para absolutamente nada.  Y no son delincuentes menores. Les recuerdo que el señor Puigdemont está siendo investigado por terrorismo, tal como avaló ayer mismo la Junta de Fiscales del Tribunal Supremo de España por una amplísima mayoría, además de por sus conexiones para llegar tropas de mercenarios desde Rusia y apoyar el golpe de Estado en Cataluña en 2017.  Bien está que mejoremos el sistema de intercambio de datos para prevenir e investigar los delitos, pero ¿qué pasa con la euroorden?, ¿es más importante intercambiar fotos del delincuente o intercambiar realmente a los delincuentes para que paguen sus culpas?
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Patricia Chagnon
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Vous mettez en place un nouveau dispositif centralisé de partage de données, et nous sommes tout à fait d’accord. Mais l’interdiction de contrôle aux frontières intérieures empêche toute amélioration de l’efficacité de votre nouveau dispositif pour arrêter les criminels et les terroristes. Votre discours technocrate, Madame le Commissaire, c’est de la poudre aux yeux, pour les citoyens, qui sont de plus en plus nombreux à comprendre que, en réalité, vous ne défendez ni leurs intérêts ni leur sécurité.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Sunčana Glavak
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, poštovana povjerenice, prije svega čestitam kolegi Rangelu na značajnom napretku postignutim prijedlogom Prüm II, ključnim korakom naprijed u jačanju policijske suradnje među državama članicama putem automatizirane razmjene podataka.  Uspostava nacionalnih datoteka za analizu DNK označava ključan razvoj u našoj borbi protiv kriminala, terorizma, trgovcima droge, trgovine ljudima. Donošenjem provedbenog akta kojim se određuju karakteristike profila koji se razmjenjuju i minimalni zahtjevi za podudarnosti, usklađujemo se i s međunarodnim i europskim standardima, osiguravajući čvrst okvir za prekograničnu suradnju.  Razmjena podataka nužna je u istragama kriminalnih aktivnosti, stoga jednostavno ne razumijem kolege koji dovode u pitanje ovakav način razmjene podataka.  Mogućnost da države članice sudjeluju u automatiziranoj razmjeni indeksa policijskih zapisa dodatno poboljšava naše mogućnosti suradnje. Ovakva razmjena temeljena na skupovima, pa i biometrijskih podataka pojedinaca osuđenih ili osumnjičenih za teška kaznena djela, jača i našu kolektivnu sposobnost da učinkovito spriječimo, otkrijemo i istražimo zločine.  Naravno da naše akcije moraju biti vođene načelima proporcionalnosti, poštovanja temeljnih prava i nepokolebljive predanosti sigurnosti Europske unije. Ovo su dobri alati našoj policiji u borbi protiv kriminala i podupirem ovakav prijedlog.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Señor presidente Angel, señora comisaria Johansson, aprobar esta Ley europea de intercambio automatizado de datos policiales es una buena ocasión para explicarle a los ciudadanos a los que representamos en qué consiste la promesa del espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, no solamente cooperación judicial penal para el enjuiciamiento de los delitos, sino también cooperación policial para la prevención, detección e investigación de los delitos.  Existía un Prüm I que permitía el intercambio de bases de datos de ADN, impresiones dactilares y matrículas de vehículos. Pero ahora hay un Prüm II que amplía no solamente los datos que se pueden intercambiar, sino que incluye un encaminador que directamente deposita esos datos en una base gestionada por la agencia especializada eu-LISA. Y ello, además, con las garantías de los derechos fundamentales, que siempre preocupan a este Parlamento Europeo y, particularmente, a la Comisión de Libertades Civiles, Justicia y Asuntos de Interior, bajo la supervisión del Supervisor Europeo de Protección de Datos.  Por tanto, Prüm II es una buena noticia no solamente para la cooperación policial en ese espacio de libertad justicia y seguridad, sino también para la ciudadanía europea a la que representamos.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Karin Karlsbro
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: SV

Herr talman! Det är dags för en europeisk polisstyrka som också kan bedriva förundersökningar i EU-länderna. De flesta, 70 procent, av de grovt kriminella nätverken är nämligen verksamma i tre EU-länder – minst tre EU-länder –samtidigt. Gängbrottslighet och terrorism har aldrig stannat vid nationsgränser. Men EU:s arbete för att bekämpa brott är extremt eftersatt, för att det finns krafter som motarbetar ett fördjupat Europasamarbete när det verkligen ställs på sin spets. Hade vi haft en europeisk polisstyrka på plats nu – som Liberalerna har krävt i decennier – hade vi stått mycket bättre rustade för att stoppa gängkriminalitet både i Sverige och i Europa. Det beslut vi nu ska fatta är väldigt viktigt och mycket välkommet. Det är ett steg framåt för polissamarbetet i EU, men det räcker inte.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, již více než 15 let si donucovací orgány EU mohou vyměňovat informace díky prümskému rámci. Prümská rozhodnutí přijatá v roce 2008 mají podpořit přeshraniční policejní a justiční spolupráci v trestních věcech. A tento prümský rámec úspěšně přispívá k boji proti trestné činnosti a terorismu v EU. Také jde o důležitou část spolupráce v oblasti výměny informací, kde ovšem stále existují mezery, a proto je zde prostor ke zlepšení. Rámec Prüm II v tomto smyslu rozšiřuje kategorie vyjmenovaných údajů o snímky obličeje a policejní záznamy a posiluje interoperabilitu s dalšími informačními systémy EU. Tento rámec zajistí, aby všechny relevantní údaje, které mají k dispozici donucovací orgány v jednom členském státě, mohly využívat i donucovací orgány v jiných členských státech. Zajistí také, aby mohl Europol poskytovat větší podporu členským státům. Za velký přínos považuji možnost vyhledávat ve všech uvedených kategoriích údajů za účelem nalezení pohřešovaných osob nebo identifikace lidských ostatků. Zásadní pro nás jako pro Evropský parlament je také lidská kontrola shody dat a tu jsme ve vyjednávání s členskými státy také prosadili. Já považuji výslednou dohodu s Radou za velmi kvalitní a věřím, že ji v zítřejším hlasování potvrdíme.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Tomislav Sokol
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, povjerenice, kolegice i kolege, tijelima kaznenog progona u Europskoj uniji potrebni su pouzdani i učinkoviti alati za djelotvorno suzbijanje kriminala. Složit ćemo se svi da je zajednički interes i odgovornost svih država članica uspješno suzbijanje počinitelja kaznenih djela.  S tim u vezi, suradnja i razmjena informacija najmoćnija su sredstva za suzbijanje kriminaliteta. Postojećim zakonodavstvom tijelima kaznenog progona omogućuje se uvid u nacionalne baze podataka drugih država članica u pogledu informacija o DNK-u, otisaka prstiju i podataka o registraciji vozila. Međutim, ovim zakonom idemo i korak dalje u proširenju kategorija podataka na koje se može primijeniti automatizirana razmjena.  Drugim riječima, nakon što ažurirani zakon stupi na snagu, policijska tijela moći će se koristiti instrumentima za pretraživanje prikaza lica i pretragom policijskih evidencija. To će uvelike doprinijeti otkrivanju počinitelja kaznenih djela, što je izrazito važno u okolnostima u kojima Europska unija bilježi povećan migracijski pritisak te se suočava s jačanjem islamskog fundamentalizma i terorističkim prijetnjama.  Sigurnost europskih građana nema cijenu, a na nama je da boljom suradnjom među tijelima kaznenog postupka zaštitimo europski način života.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Caterina Chinnici
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signora Commissaria, oltre il 70 % delle organizzazioni criminali ha ramificazioni in più di tre Stati membri. I loro traffici, come il loro giro d'affari, non conoscono confini. La cronaca più recente, poi, ci ricorda quanto la minaccia terroristica sia ancora presente. Ma se la criminalità è così diffusa e connessa deve esserlo anche la risposta. Chi, come me, per storia personale, prima ancora che professionale, ha conosciuto la grande stagione della lotta alla criminalità organizzata, sa bene quanto essenziale sia lo scambio di informazioni fra autorità di polizia e giudiziarie. Tale cooperazione oggi deve avvalersi delle più moderne tecnologie. Ringrazio quindi Commissione, colegislatori e, in particolare, il relatore Rangel per l'accordo su questo nuovo regolamento. Nuove categorie di dati e nuovi e più efficienti canali di comunicazione, anche con Europol, il tutto accompagnato da solide garanzie. L'accordo va nella giusta direzione di migliorare il quadro Prüm per incrementare il contributo che già offre alla lotta alla criminalità e al terrorismo. E voglio ringraziare la Commissaria per la consapevolezza, ancora oggi ribadita, della gravità della criminalità organizzata, al pari del terrorismo.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, we had a problem with this proposal from the very start, and I suppose the trilogue hasn’t really improved it much for us. We were asked to massively expand the EU machinery for sharing biometric data, with no evidence that this would do anything to make crime investigation more effective or more successful. We were just asked to trust the Commission that that would happen. Well, no thanks, I don’t think so! Not just that: we were asked to agree that third countries could launder their dodgy data into EU police forces’ data. For example, we now have a situation where the EU trusted partner Israel has a direct line to flag its political opponents – and there are many – to Europe’s police forces and to pursue them in Europe. And we’re supposed to bank on Europol’s notoriously shabby quality control to filter out the scurrilous falsehoods from the real thing. We know that that won’t happen. It’s another blank cheque for Israel to slander innocent people in Europe. But in any case, the whole thing is likely to be thrown out by the European Court of Justice on the grounds that it’s disproportionate.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, ο υπό συζήτηση κανονισμός γιγαντώνει το ευρωενωσιακό φακέλωμα. Στην ήδη υπάρχουσα αυτοματοποιημένη ανταλλαγή DNA, δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων, αδειών κυκλοφορίας, τώρα προστίθενται εικόνες προσώπου, η φωτογραφία δηλαδή ενός διαδηλωτή, ενός απεργού, αλλά και κάθε είδους στοιχεία που συλλέγει η αστυνομία. Όλα τα παραπάνω κοινοποιούνται άμεσα σε Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Europol, κράτη μέλη. Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και τα αστικά κόμματα, λοιπόν, δεν έχουν αντιρρήσεις για τις παρακολουθήσεις, όταν αυτές βέβαια γίνονται από το αστικό κράτος, πάντα σε βάρος του λαού. Το δε άρθρο 56 συνιστά μνημείο υποκρισίας, καθώς δίνει το πράσινο φως για ένα όργιο παρακολούθησης, αναθέτοντας στις ίδιες τις κατασταλτικές αρχές και την Europol τον δικό τους αυτοέλεγχο. Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και αστικές κυβερνήσεις είναι ασύμβατες με έννοιες όπως δημοκρατικές ελευθερίες και λαϊκά δικαιώματα. Οι λαοί, λοιπόν, σε σύγκρουση με το κράτος των λίγων και τους νόμους τους, μπορούν να εξασφαλίσουν τα συλλογικά δικαιώματά τους, διεκδικώντας με την πάλη τους την ανατροπή του επικίνδυνου κατασκοπευτικού σε βάρος του λαού νομοθετικού πλαισίου, που στην Ελλάδα υλοποίησαν η Νέα Δημοκρατία, ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ και το ΠΑΣΟΚ.
Debate: Automated data exchange for police cooperation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The new system will also provide simplified and faster means for authorities to search for missing persons where time is a matter of life and death. Furthermore, it will allow for the identification of human remains, this is of essence for the families of the missing who have a right to know the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones – a right recognised by international humanitarian law. The new Prüm will also include Europol, as you mentioned, Commissioner, boosting the cooperation between the agency and Member States within the scope of the powers conferred to these agency. Colleagues, Schengen and the right to move freely is one of the European Union’s greatest achievements since its foundation. Effective police cooperation is a key pillar to ensure its functioning and the security of our citizens. With modernised Prüm exchanges, we will allow law enforcement authorities to work faster and more efficiently when fulfilling their mission of fighting crime and protecting citizens, whilst ensuring the highest standards on the protection of personal data and human rights. Exchanging criminal information is fundamental to ensure timely responses – not just to find criminals, but also, in a wider sense, to guarantee to our citizens the right to freedom and the right to fair justice.
Debate: The EU priorities for the th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Marc Angel
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on: – the oral question to the Council on the EU’s priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women by Robert Biedroń, on behalf of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality ( – the oral question to the Commission on the EU’s priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women by Robert Biedroń, on behalf of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (
Debate: The EU priorities for the th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Robert Biedroń
Country: Poland
Language: EN

We will go there with a good message. As a representative of this House, we can say that we have fought hard and adopted some key files this term, like the Pay Transparency Directive or the Women on Boards Directive, to name just a few. Yesterday we also finalised the negotiations on the Directive on Combating Violence against Women, which is a great success and a revolutionary law coming from our continent.  All this shows that we, as the European Union, are global leaders when it comes to fighting for gender equality. Remaining to be a global leader it is the fight and achieving true gender equality in our union should be our shared ambition and our joint commitment.  But dear colleagues, we still have a long, long way to go. The European Institute for Gender Equality tells us that, at this pace of progress, it will take us 60 years to say that men and women are truly equal in our Union. It is a long time, but dear colleagues, at last year’s CSW, we learned that globally it would take around 300 years to achieve gender equality. 300 years! This is completely unacceptable. It sounds like it cannot be true.  But then, when I think about it, even here in the EU, recent data shows that 95 million people live at risk of poverty, and that it is women that are more likely to end up in this tragic situation. The gender pay gap is still at 30 %, and women are still under-represented in the decision-making bodies, including this House. And I could go on and on and on colleagues to give more examples.  This is why on this international stage, we must show our joint commitment to this fight. We must remain global leaders in gender equality policy, and this we can only do when we are united. Unfortunately, dear Commissioner, I do not see the Minister, but in the past that has not been the case. We as European Parliament have been sidelined in the past during such high-level meetings. We did not even receive access to the EU position document ahead of the negotiations. We like to say as European Union that we are all Team Europe, but sometimes it seems that we are split Europe and it is really, again, a shame. That is why we address those questions to the Commission and the Council to present us a clear plan of our Union in this matter. How can we ensure that we continue to adopt relevant legislation helping women and girls in the EU and worldwide? How how are the principles of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting implemented in the EU? And how can we ensure that we, as the delegation of the European Parliament, are fully involved? I underline fully involved, Commissioner, in the negotiations and conclusions during this year’s CSW. Side by side, united Team Europe with the representatives of the Commission and the Council. If we are to show strong global leadership of the European Union as representatives of this great Commonwealth, we must act together.
Debate: The EU priorities for the th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Maria da Graça Carvalho
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: PT

O combate à desigualdade social e ao risco acrescido de pobreza associados ao género deve ser uma preocupação da União Europeia em termos de política externa, nomeadamente no quadro das Nações Unidas, mas deve ser igualmente uma prioridade no plano interno.  O risco de pobreza na União Europeia é maior entre as mulheres e esta tendência acentuou—se nos anos de pandemia. Sabemos também, através de diversos estudos já realizados, que garantir a igualdade de género no mercado laboral teria impactos muito positivos na nossa economia, nomeadamente aumentando o PIB  Promover a inclusão de mulheres nos setores onde estão subrepresentadas, tais como a economia digital, a energia, a luta contra as alterações climáticas, é não apenas um imperativo moral, mas também uma necessidade. Estes são setores nos quais temos um défice de recursos qualificados. Não faz qualquer sentido continuarmos a dispersar o nosso capital humano.