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EU considers extra travel security measures (Part II)

Vyšlo v čísle 44/2007

The spokesman said that EU justice officials considered it "a potentially positive step in the right direction as, opposed to previously, it is focussing more on security issues rather than just immigration features." However, Brussels will continue looking into all the political and technical implications of the US bill. Washington's anti-terrorism measures, stepped up in the aftermath of the 2001 September terrorism attack in the US, have long been a source of tension between the two sides.
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The US requires extensive information (up to 34 pieces of data) about air passengers travelling to the States – which has raised data privacy concerns in Europe. A bill requiring that all container traffic coming to the US be scanned – also passed last week – is considered disproportionate by the EU.
Meanwhile, the US' visa waiver programme which excludes virtually all of the member states that joined the EU in 2004 and since, has caused an especially strong outcry in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. All three countries consider themselves close allies of Washington and have sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. "We can no longer tolerate first- and second-class member states, that's definitely not acceptable," said Mr Frattini during a visit to Hungary last month.

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Připravuje Markéta Frýbová