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

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Series Details 13.7.05
Publication Date 13/07/2005
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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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