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Intense French-led lobbying helped push the EU PNR through the European Parliament (Photo: angeloangelo)

Governments eschew urgency of passenger flight data law

National governments are yet to launch a much touted EU law to data sweep airline passengers flying into and out of Europe, a European Commission official said on Friday (7 October).

The so-called EU passenger name records (EU PNR) directive was passed earlier this year amid a keen sense of urgency from leaders in the fight against crime and terrorism.

But despite the European Commission having doled out tens of millions to finance 15 national PNR schemes, years before the directi...

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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.

Intense French-led lobbying helped push the EU PNR through the European Parliament (Photo: angeloangelo)

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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.

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