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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9949

28 July 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU gives green light to trans-Atlantic negotiations on SWIFT

Brussels, 27/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 27 July, the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the EU gave their green light to negotiations with Washington on an agreement allowing the United States to continue to have access to information from the inter-bank network SWIFT as part of the fight against terrorism (EUROPE 9947). "This by no means signifies that we are giving the United States a blank cheque, as some of our critics wish to imply", said Vice President Jacques Barrot on Monday (our...

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