MEPs to derail EU-US anti-terror talks

EurActiv reported that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were likely reject an EU-US agreement regulating the access of EU financial data (SWIFT), in a July 2010 vote in the European Parliament. This would represent the second time that MEPs have put their foot down over an agreement they say would dilute EU laws on fundamental rights and data protection.

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ESO: Background information: MEPs to restrict US access to anti-terror data http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-to-restrict-us-access-to-anti-terror-data/

European Commission: SPEECH/10/304: Cecilia Malmström Member of the European Commission responsible for Home Affairs Statement on the draft agreement with the United states on the Terrorist Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP) Press statement at the occasion of the presentation of the state of play of the negotiations of the draft agreement on the TFTP agreement to the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament Brussels, 10 June 2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/304&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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