Merkel and Hollande to lay foundation of ‘protected’ EU internet

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Series Details 17.02.14
Publication Date 17/02/2014
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the 16 February 2014 that she would talk to French President François Hollande about building a European communication network to avoid emails and other data passing through the United States.

The Commission welcomed the idea, saying that it went in the same direction with its own efforts on data protection.
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France 24 International, 18.02.14: Plans to stop US spying with European internet http://www.france24.com/en/20140217-european-internet-plans-nsa-spying/
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BBC News, 18.02.14: Can Europe go its own way on data privacy? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26228176
Deutsche Welle, 20.02.14: Weighing a Schengen zone for Europe's Internet data http://dw.de/p/1BBqU
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