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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10071

5 February 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
Civil Liberties Committee recommends rejection of agreement

Brussels, 04/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - As foreseen, the European Parliament committee on civil liberties took a stance, on Thursday 4 February, against the EU interim agreement allowing the United States, in the name of counter-terrorism, to gain access to personal banking data via the Swift network. Members of the committee adopted the report by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (ALDE, NL) by 29 votes to 23 and one abstention. The report recommends that Parliament reject the agreement during a...

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