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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8570

23 October 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/usa
Mr Bolkestein denies existence of "secret" agreeement with Americans on airline passenger data

Strasbourg, 22/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Strasbourg Commissioner Frits Bolkestein sought to "dissipate a misunderstanding" on the subject of the Parliament's worries on the claimed agreement between the USA and the European Commission on personal data of passengers on trans-Atlantic flights. In response to the suspicions of Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL, Greece) raised during oral questions, Mr Bolkestein categorically refuted the existence of such an agreement. He asserted that...

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