LONDON, England – July 16, 2010 – British citizens face being subjected to chilling new EU ‘Big Brother’ surveillance and investigation powers.

Bureaucrats want foreign officials to be able to travel to the UK and immediately assume the powers of our own police.

They would be able to order undercover-spying missions, demand DNA and even pursue people for ‘crimes’ that are not recognized in UK law – such as criminal defamation.

Other EU countries could demand the personal details of entire planeloads of holidaymakers, and force hard-pressed British police to trail suspects on their behalf.

The countries demanding the new powers on behalf of the European Union include ex-Eastern Bloc states Bulgaria, Estonia and Slovenia.

Tory MPs are putting pressure on the coalition to reject the new regime outright. But, astonishingly, the pro-European LibDems are understood to be keen to sign-up to the Directive.

A decision will be taken in the next two weeks – with Fair Trials International leading demands for Britain to opt-out.

They fear miscarriages of justice and civil liberties abuses.

Tory MP Dominic Raab, who raised his concerns in the Commons yesterday, said, “Britain should not opt into this half-baked measure. It would allow European police to order British officers to embark on wild-goose chases. It would force our police to hand over personal information on British citizens, even if they are not suspects and the conduct under investigation is not a crime in this country; and it gives foreign police law enforcement authority on British soil. The Order won’t help tackle crime – it will waste police time and ditch safeguards that UK citizens expect from the British justice system.”

Source:  Big Brother

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