Unter dem Deckmantel der Terrorismusbekämpfung wird die Festung Europa immer mehr zu einem Polizeistaat. ###>Not only is the directive superfluous, but it has also been piloted through the Council and Parliament far too quickly, with the rapporteur simply sidelined in the process, and the Council of Ministers throwing overboard all the guarantees that were built in by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.