Brussels, 05/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The members of the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament adopted, at the end of November, a draft resolution stressing that European governments and institutions have often responded to terrorist attacks by adopting laws that have not been sufficiently discussed and which sometimes even violate fundamental rights. Such is the message given in the draft resolution that is to be adopted next week at plenary in Strasbourg. In the context of the European counter-terrorism strategy based on the goals of “prevention, protection, preparedness and response”, MEPs stressed the need for the Commission to carry out an “overall evaluation” on the effectiveness of legislation adopted, the degree of transposition by member states, and the “positive and negative effects of these laws, both in terms of security and in terms of citizens' rights”. The recent proposals put forward by Security Commissioner Franco Frattini on the use of Passenger Name Records (PNR) in Europe and on the directive on explosives will be assessed by the Parliament “on an evidence-based argumentation”, the committee members say. In the same way, the misuse of personal information contained in the many databases - PNR, Eurodac, Schengen, Visa Information System (VIS) - by the authorities, with a view to creating profiles through data-mining techniques, which is not allowed at European level, is one of the main concerns of the MEPs. They consider that profiling must be totally avoided, especially when it is a matter of European PNRs. MEPs restated that it was necessary to exchange information, not only at European level but also between national secret services. They nonetheless said that supplementary rules were necessary to ensure democratic and parliamentary control of their activities. They consider, finally, that EU policy against terrorism should not only be based on police measures but should also support local action aimed at “preventing violent radicalisation by fostering the integration of people through intercultural dialogue”. (B.C).