Governments across Europe move to tighten security as shock spreads

Following the terrorist bombs in London on 7 July 2005, European governments are taking steps to tighten security.

At an Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 13 July 2005 the UK won support for EU-wide rules to store telecommunications and internet data, agreement on speeding measures to cut terrorist funding and to share intelligence

Council of the European Union: Press Release No.187, 2005: Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 13 July 2005 http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/jha/85703.pdf

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