Brussels, 25/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - MEP Sophie in 't Veld (ALDE, Netherlands) was backed by the Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL Groups and by MEPs from the S&D Group in her call for the agreement on the transfer of European air passengers' data to Canada (PNR agreement) to be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU.
The European parliament voted by 383 votes to 271, with 47 abstentions, to seek the opinion of the Court on the agreement's legality and compliance with European law before putting...