EU-US counter-terrorism pacts at risk over snooping affair

A team from the European Commission met with US officials in Washington on the 8 July 2013 for a pre-scheduled evaluation of the EU-US passenger name record (PNR) and the terrorist financial tracking programme (TFTP) agreements.

However, this routine event came in the context of revelations that US intelligence services snooped on EU citizens' Internet data and bug EU embassies, creating a tense atmosphere.

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ESO: Background information: Joint EU-US group to assess US spy ops http://www.europeansources.info/record/joint-eu-us-group-to-assess-us-spy-ops/

ESO: Background information: Terrorist finance tracking: citizen's safeguards are in place http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-terrorist-finance-tracking-citizens-safeguards-are-in-place/

ESO: Background information: 2012/472/EU: Council Decision of 26 April 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the use and transfer of passenger name records to the United States Department of Homeland Security http://www.europeansources.info/record/2012-472-eu-council-decision-of-26-april-2012-on-the-conclusion-of-the-agreement-between-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-european-union-on-the-use-and-transfer-of-passenger-name-records-to-the-u/

EurActiv, 08.07.13: Spying scandal will not threaten trade deal, says top US envoy http://www.euractiv.com/trade/spying-scandal-threaten-trade-de-news-529132

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