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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10339

18 March 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
TFTP/SWIFT - Commission rejects EP criticism

Brussels, 17/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Commission does not share the Parliament's view on implementation of the EU/US TFTP (Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme) agreement allowing Americans to gain access to banking data of Europeans in order to combat terrorism.

On Wednesday 16 March, during a debate on civil liberties, MEPs had expressed great concern regarding implementation of the agreement, saying they had been “betrayed”, especially regarding data protection, which is one of...

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