Newcastle (United Kingdom), 08/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The EU25 ministers of justice and home affairs said on Thursday at their informal meeting in Newcastle that they intended to adopt a joint text on telecommunications data retention despite protests by industrialists in the sector, who presented their grievances to ministers during the meeting.
Despite this agreement of principle, already noted for some time, the Member States are still divided over the content of the proposal. The...