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EU Parliament determined to stop Passenger Name Record

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Channel: Rapporteur News · 2008 · News & Politics

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Manfred WEBER travels often by plane, at least twice a week as a member of the European Parliament. If a proposal by the European Commission is approved, personal details about him as a passenger will be sent to a European data bank and kept, as a precautionary measure against terrorism, and sent to investigative authorities. This conservative politician considers that's going too far.

Erik JOSEFSSON is a lobbyist. Till recently, he worked for the NGO EFF, whose mandate is to shed light on civil liberties issues related to technology. Now he's specialising in the passenger name record, or PNR. He and WEBER share a goal: to stop the Commission's project.

This programme was produced for the European Parliament. Speaking are:

2'27 MEP Manfred WEBER (PPE-DE, DE), in German
2'52 Erik JOSEFSSON, lobbyist, Digital Rights, in English
3'58 Erik JOSEFSSON, lobbyist, Digital Rights, in English
4'49 MEP Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), in English
5'46 MEP Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), in English
6'16 MEP Manfred WEBER (PPE-DE, DE), in German
7'03 MEP Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), in English

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