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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.
justice
– spravedlnost, právo to
consider –
zvažovat step
– krok direction
– směr opposed
to –
oproti previously –
dříve, minule to
focus –
zaměřit se na security
– bezpečnost issue
– problematika, otázka rather
than
– raději než feature
– rys,
problem however
– nicméně to
look into –
zkoumat implication
– důsledek bill
– zákon, návrh zákona measure
– opatření to
step-up –
vystupňovat aftermath
– následek, dozvuk attack
– útok source
– zdroj tension
– napětí.
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.
to require – vyžadovat extensive – rozsáhlý piece – kus to raise – zvýšit, vyburcovat data privacy – ochrana (osobních) údajů concern – starost bill – návrh zákona, zákon to pass – projít (zákon), být schválen to consider – považovat disproportionate – nepřiměřený meanwhile – mezitím waiver – zřeknutí se, vzdání se čeho to exclude – vyloučit, vyřadit virtually – prakticky, fakticky to join – přiřadit se, přidat se k to cause – způsobit outcry – poprask close ally – blízký spojenec troops – jednotky (vojenské) can no longer – již nemůžeme definitely – rozhodně acceptable – přijatelný.
Připravuje Markéta Frýbová