Ansip threatens to suspend Safe Harbour data agreement with US

Andrus Ansip, the Estonian Commissioner-designate for Digital Internal Market, had his confirmation hearing in the European Parliament on 6 October 2014.

During the interview, Mr Ansip hoped to restore Europe’s place as a global leader in the digital economy, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs while giving the highest priority to data protection.

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ESO: Background information: European Commission 2014 - 2019 - Parliamentary Hearings, September - October 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-commission-2014-2019-parliamentary-hearings-september-october-2014-this-time-its-different-parliamentary-hearings-2014/

European Parliament: Briefing: Andrus Ansip http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/Commissioner_hearings/EPRS-Briefing-538923-Digital-Single-Market-FINAL.pdf

European Parliament: Internal market and Consumer protection committee; Industry, Research and Energy committee; Civil liberties, Justice and Home affairs committee: Hearing: Andrus Ansip http://www.elections2014.eu/en/new-commission/hearing/20140918HEA65217

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