Brussels, 11/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - MEPS on the civil liberties committee at the European Parliament expressed their great concern in Strasbourg on Monday evening 10 June regarding the demands made by Moscow for a passenger name record (PNR) system to be imposed on European airlines as of 1 July. In order to operate over Russian territory, the airlines would be under an obligation to transfer passenger data to Moscow.
MEPs feared this could set a precedent for other countries to follow...