The request is foreseen in the draft resolution on NSA mass surveillance programmes
by Emiliano Biaggio
European Parliament is expected to ask the EU to suspend Swift and Pnr data sharing agreements with the United States in next Wednesday vote in Strasbourg. Furthermore data protection should be kept out of the EU-US trade talks and negotiated separately, MEPs say in the draft resolution, which closes their six-month inquiry into US mass surveillance programmes. The European Union should suspend its bank data deal with the US and the Safe Harbour privacy principles for US firms, as the fight against terrorism can never justify secret and illegal mass surveillance, they add. The Greens are sure the final report will be adopted. Under this scenario the United States have to end its bulk collection of data without individual suspicion and redress or data protection rights for EU citizens. Until then, the EU should end data sharing agreements with the US, like the SWIFT and PNR agreements and the Safe Harbour decision. Similar programmes need to be brought to a halt in the EU. Even if the Parliament will adopted the draft, the Council shouldn't back it. In other words, European Parliament could be useless at last, but the political message would be a strong one.
European Parliament is expected to ask the EU to suspend Swift and Pnr data sharing agreements with the United States in next Wednesday vote in Strasbourg. Furthermore data protection should be kept out of the EU-US trade talks and negotiated separately, MEPs say in the draft resolution, which closes their six-month inquiry into US mass surveillance programmes. The European Union should suspend its bank data deal with the US and the Safe Harbour privacy principles for US firms, as the fight against terrorism can never justify secret and illegal mass surveillance, they add. The Greens are sure the final report will be adopted. Under this scenario the United States have to end its bulk collection of data without individual suspicion and redress or data protection rights for EU citizens. Until then, the EU should end data sharing agreements with the US, like the SWIFT and PNR agreements and the Safe Harbour decision. Similar programmes need to be brought to a halt in the EU. Even if the Parliament will adopted the draft, the Council shouldn't back it. In other words, European Parliament could be useless at last, but the political message would be a strong one.
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