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EU: European and national parliamentarians divided on the EU Smart Borders Package?

10 March 2015

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"On February 23 the LIBE Committee has organized a interparliamentary meeting focused on the Smart Borders Package... The meeting served as a forum for the exchange of views between European and national parliamentarians, as well as the Commission and European agency representatives, in an aim to debate the possible future alternatives at technological and legal level of the smart border package."

See: European and national parliamentarians divided on the EU Smart Borders Package? (European Area of Freedom Security & Justice, link)

See also: videos of meetings on 23 February and 24 February (links) and speakers' contributions (pdfs):

  • Rob Rozenburg, European Commission: Presentation on the Commission's Technical Study on Smart Borders
  • Evelian Brouwer, Associate Professor, VU University Amsterdam: Smart Borders and Law Enforcement Access: Legitimacy, Effectiveness and Proportionality
  • Vesa Blomqvist, Finnish Border Guard: SMART BORDERS - land borders perspective

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