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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10077

13 February 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
MEPs hail “historic” rejection of SWIFT deal - Commission hopes a new deal will be possible

Brussels, 12/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - 'Historic!' is the word used by most MEPs to describe the rejection by the European Parliament on Thursday 11 February 2010 of an agreement between the EU and the United States on SWIFT (financial transactions). The veto means the United States will now have to relinquish their use of bank information of people living in the EU for counter-terror aims (see EUROPE 10076). This rejection of a deal that the MEPs felt did not provide proper respect for...

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