EU commissioner for home affairs Cecilia Malmstrom on Monday (29 September) rejected allegations she colluded with the Americans to water down EU data protection rules.
The allegation surfaced over the weekend in a blog post by pro-privacy campaigners Access.
The NGO’s Brussels-based office said an email from the US state department of commerce reveal Malmstrom’s cabi...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.