Brussels, 08/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 8 July, the European Parliament (EP) gave wide majority approval to the new counter-terrorism Swift agreement on the transfer of banking information to the United States. The agreement, signed on 28 June, was approved in Strasbourg by 484 votes to 109 with 12 abstentions, going with the recommendation of Alexander Alvaro (ALDE, Germany). The agreement will allow Washington to continue to have access to Swift network data, by means of its...