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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9708
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

Commission threatens Washington with retaliatory measures for failure to abide by visa exemption rules

Brussels, 22/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission intends to toughen its tone against the United States, on Wednesday 23 July, so that it lifts the visa obligation still imposed on nationals of twelve EU member states. The European Commission “will propose retaliatory measures(…) as from 1 January 2009 if no progress is achieved” with a view to making other member states benefit from the American visa waiver programme (VWP), reads the fourth report on visa reciprocity, to...

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