39 Quotes by Franco Frattini

In the spirit of friendship ... it would be extremely counterproductive to take for granted rumors without investigations.

I have taken note of (Marty's) serious, interim conclusion that it is highly unlikely that European governments, or at least their intelligence services, were unaware of rendition. It is now for the member states of the Council of Europe to clarify their position.

I have read the press articles and confirm that for the time being the (European) Commission has no available information related to the issue at stake,

I have read a report on U.S. data protection laws, and I assure you that there is no risk of abuse of personal data in it.

Can we seize classified files of the CIA? No, that's not possible. We don't have the powers, we have to play it by the rules,

WikiLeaks is the 9/11 of diplomacy.

[for indicted foreigners] simple expulsion is not enough (...) they must be arrested immediately, tried using a fast-track procedure, and then expelled to serve their sentences in the countries they came from, (...) it isn't right that foreign criminals are being housed in our [Italian] jails.

The free circulation of citizens, which is sacrosanct, cannot become the free circulation of criminals.

I asked him to raise also this point and to ask the U.S. authorities to inform me directly on whether and how these rumors are true or not,