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UK-EU: Speech by Charles Clarke, UK Home Secretary, to the European Parliament (7/9/05)

01 September 2005

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Clarke's priorities are the adoption of the controversial data retention proposal, development of the "investigative" capabilities of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (meaning broad law enforcement access), and the deployment of "biometrics" (mandatory fingerprinting). Presumably referring to his own domestic deportation plans, Clarke implies that aspects of the European Convention on Human Rights are now outdated. Full text (link).

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