02/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday, 2 July, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) approved—by a vote of 37 to 26 with 2 abstentions—opening negotiations between the Commission and New Zealand to put together an agreement on data exchange between Europol and New Zealand so as to combat terrorism and organised crime (see EUROPE B12361A15). A 2016 regulation allows Europol to exchange data with non-EU countries or organisations in the context of its...