MEPs call for suspension of EU-US finance tracking deal

EUObserver reported that press reports that the US intelligence agency NSa secretly tapped into international bank transfer firm Swift had prompted some Members of the European Parliament 0n the 9 September 2013 to call for an immediate suspension of the EU-US terrorist financial tracking programme (TFTP) agreement.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU-US counter-terrorism pacts at risk over snooping affair http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-us-counter-terrorism-pacts-at-risk-over-snooping-affair/

EurActiv, 11.09.13: José Bové: US demanded encrypted calls during EU-US trade talks http://www.euractiv.com/eu-elections-2014/french-farmers-leader-discloses-news-530365

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