Press Release: US NSA: stop mass surveillance now or face consequences, MEPs say

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) stated on the 12 March 2014 that the European Parliament's consent to the EU-US trade deal 'could be endangered' if blanket mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) did not stop, in a Resolution wrapping up their six-month own-initiative inquiry into US mass surveillance schemes.

The text also called on the EU to suspend its bank data deal with the US and the 'Safe Harbour agreement' on data privacy.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Data protection package and NSA surveillance: 'Europe needs a digital Bill of Rights' http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-data-protection-package-and-nsa-surveillance-europe-needs-a-digital-bill-of-rights/

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Hollande to lay foundation of ‘protected’ EU internet http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-and-hollande-to-lay-foundation-of-protected-eu-internet/

ESO: Background information: Merkel: Calling off EU-US trade talks ‘not very helpful’ / Hollande to Obama: Let’s agree TTIP fast http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-calling-off-eu-us-trade-talks-not-very-helpful-hollande-to-obama-lets-agree-ttip-fast/

EUObserver, 13.03.14: MEPs want to scrap US data agreements http://euobserver.com/justice/123439

Euronews, 12.03.14: European Parliament calls for suspension of US data-sharing http://www.euronews.com/2014/03/12/european-parliament-calls-for-suspension-of-us-data-sharing/

ESO: Background information: Edward Snowden wants asylum in EU / US NSA: stop mass surveillance now or face consequences, MEPs say http://www.europeansources.info/record/edward-snowden-wants-asylum-in-eu-us-nsa-stop-mass-surveillance-now-or-face-consequences-meps-say/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/209: Protecting EU citizens' data from mass surveillance http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-209_en.pdf

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