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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10914
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

EP holds its first hearing on NSA practices

Brussels, 04/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - As announced before the summer break, the European Parliament civil liberties committee will, on Thursday 5 September, begin its round of hearings, seeking to assess the impact on Europeans of the different espionage programmes conducted by the NSA (US National Security Agency). Last July in Strasbourg, the European Parliament ratified a mandate in this connection.

With revelations continuing during the summer with regard to how US services have spied...