What will it take to end mass surveillance in the EU?

As European governments refuse to act on the issue of mass surveillance, it becomes clear that the fight against organised snooping on our private lives must take place at the EU rather than national level.

ESO: Background information: Emergency phone and internet data laws to be passed http://www.europeansources.info/record/emergency-phone-and-internet-data-laws-to-be-passed/

ESO: Background information: National intelligence authorities and surveillance in the EU: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies http://www.europeansources.info/record/national-intelligence-authorities-and-surveillance-in-the-eu-fundamental-rights-safeguards-and-remedies/

ESO: Background information: US NSA: stop mass surveillance now or face consequences, MEPs say http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-us-nsa-stop-mass-surveillance-now-or-face-consequences-meps-say/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 23.07.14: Mass surveillance post-Snowden: an unbalanced debate https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/claude-moraes/mass-surveillance-postsnowden-unbalanced-debate

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 05.08.14: Challenging the era of mass surveillance https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/jean-lambert/challenging-era-of-mass-surveillance

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 06.08.14: Why your government doesn’t want you on a strict privacy diet, and what you can do about it https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/julien-jeandesboz-francesco-ragazzi/why-your-government-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-you-on-stric

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