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Pro-US pressure put on MEPs, Brok's letter and Boogerd-Quaak response

01 March 2004

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European Parliament: pro-US pressure put on MEPs prior to plenary vote on 30 March on EU-US passenger name record (PNR) agreement. The chair of the parliament's "Delegation for relations with the USA" has circulated a note from the European Commission pointing out the consequences of passing a critical Resolution: Text of letter (pdf). Elmar Brok, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has written to the chair of the Citizens' Freedoms and Rights Committee backing the "deal" and saying - contrary to the report on the table and every report from the Article 29 Data Protection working party - that there is the right "balance" between security and the protection of civil liberties: Brok letter (pdf) See: European Parliament committee adopts highly critical report on EU-US passenger name record data (PNR): Report and documentation

Johanna Boogerd-Quaak (Vice Chair of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights) responds to Elmar Brok's letter (below), see: Full-text of letter (pdf)

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