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EU: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO SUSPEND EU-USA SWIFT AGREEMENT: European Parliament press release

23 October 2013

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"The EU should suspend its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) agreement with the US in response to the US National Security Agency's alleged tapping of EU citizens' bank data held by the Belgian company SWIFT, says a non-binding resolution voted by Parliament on Wednesday. The resolution, tabled by the S&D, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups, was passed by 280 votes to 254, with 30 abstentions.

Although Parliament has no formal powers to initiate the suspension or termination of an international deal, "the Commission will have to act if Parliament withdraws its support for a particular agreement", says the approved text. It adds that Parliament will take account of the Commission's response to this demand when considering whether to give its consent to future international agreements."

See the full text: MEPs call for suspension of EU-US bank data deal in response to NSA snooping (pdf)

And see: Unofficial version of the adopted Resolution (pdf) and European Commission: Statement by Commissioner Malmström on the European Parliament's resolution on the EU-US TFTP agreement (pdf)

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