Jag är mycket kritisk till hur processen runt förslaget till beslutet om lagring av trafikdata har hanterats. ###>. – I voted against the proposal for a directive on the retention of data because, despite the improvements to the initial proposal by the British Presidency following the efforts made by Members of Parliament, I still believe that these measures alone will prove to be ineffective in practice and will, furthermore, crack individual freedoms wide open, with painful consequences.