MEPs call for suspension of EU-US bank data deal in response to NSA snooping

A non-binding resolution voted by the European Parliament on the 23 October 2013 said that the EU should suspend its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) agreement with the US in response to the US National Security Agency's alleged tapping of EU citizens' bank data held by the Belgian company SWIFT.

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ESO: Background information: Commissioner Malmstrom's intervention in the European Parliament on the EU-US TFTP Agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-commissioner-malmstroms-intervention-in-the-european-parliament-on-the-eu-us-tftp-agreement/

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/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/13/928: Statement by Commissioner Malmström on the European Parliament's resolution on the EU-US TFTP agreement http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-928_en.htm

EurActiv, 24.10.13: Parliament calls for freezing anti-terror banking data transfers with the US http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/parliament-calls-freezing-anti-t-news-531277

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