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Parliament votes to push forward its agenda on EU-PNR

13 Feb 2015

On February 11th, the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution in which it commits to work toward finalising, by the end of the year, a directive on EU Passenger Name Records (PNR). Despite serious privacy concerns raised by civil society organisations, discourses privileging the need to reinforce EU anti-terrorism measures seem to have prevailed over European citizens’ fundamental rights.

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Parliament votes to push forward its agenda on EU-PNR
13 Feb 2015
Parliament votes to push forward its agenda on EU-PNR

European commissioner blunders into passenger data debate with little warning

9 Dec 2014

Migration Commissioner Avramopoulos decided not to wait for the opinion of the CJEU on EU-Canada PNR and signaled his desire to quickly reach an agreement on the 2011 passenger data directive.

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European commissioner blunders into passenger data debate with little warning
9 Dec 2014
European commissioner blunders into passenger data debate with little warning

Wishing “Bon voyage” to PNR agreements in Europe

26 Nov 2014

Yesterday, the European Parliament voted by a large majority to refer the EU-Canada passenger name record agreement (PNR) to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) to assess its compliance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Ever since CJEU’s landmark ruling invalidating the Data Retention Directive last April, a number of ongoing and proposed agreements that include data retention schemes have been put under the microscope. Yesterday’s vote is the first of many steps to ending indiscriminate and unlawful surveillance programmes in the EU.

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Wishing “Bon voyage” to PNR agreements in Europe
26 Nov 2014
Wishing “Bon voyage” to PNR agreements in Europe