Security must take priority over rights, UK Home Secretary tells MEPs

Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke told MEPs in the European Parliament on 13 July 2007 that, in the fight against terrorism in Europe, security must take priority - despite the concern of many MEPs that citizens' rights could be undermined by EU measures designed to prevent terrorist attacks such as the one that devastated London on 7 July 2005.

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European Parliament: News Report, 12.7.05: Jack Straw urges swift implementation of EU anti-terror measures http://europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+NR-20050712-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=X&LSTDOC=N

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