Speech: Intervention by Cecilia Malmström on the EU-US TFTP Agreement in the European Parliament

Text of a speech by Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, on 24th September 2013 in the European Parliament.

According to EUObserver on the 24 September 2013, the EU did not rule out suspending the terrorist financial tracking programme (TFTP) with the Americans following press reports that the US intelligence agency had direct access to Swift, the global interbank transfer network database.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Press Release, 24.09.13: MEPs raise suspension of EU-US bank data deal http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20130923IPR20604/html/MEPs-raise-suspension-of-EU-US-bank-data-deal

ESO: Background Information: MEPs call for suspension of EU-US finance tracking deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-call-for-suspension-of-eu-us-finance-tracking-deal/

ESO: Background Information: Parliament to launch enquiry into US eavesdropping http://www.europeansources.info/record/parliament-to-launch-enquiry-into-us-eavesdropping/

EUObserver, 25.09.13: EU wants answers on NSA bank spying allegations http://euobserver.com/justice/121551

ESO: Background Information: EU-US trade talks: moving forward? (Special reports) http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-us-trade-talks-moving-forward-special-reports/

European Parliament: Press Release, 26.09.13: MEPs raise concerns over alleged NSA misuse of Europeans' personal bank data http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20130923STO20630/html/MEPs-raise-concerns-over-alleged-NSA-misuse-of-Europeans%27-personal-bank-data

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