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| After Brussels attacks, France’s Valls renews push for Europe-wide flight database | |
| 2016-03-24 | |
| [FRANCE24] One day after terror attacks in Brussels killed more than 30 people, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has renewed his calls for a Europe-wide database for tracking airline passengers. Yesterday’s attacks, which targeted Brussels’s Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station, have renewed the debate over a Passenger Name Record (PNR) system, which would allow airlines and security authorities across Europe to share vital information on airline passengers. "It is urgent to adopt the European PNR," Valls said on Wednesday. "The European Parliament has waited too long to adopt this text. It must examine and adopt it in April; it's time." La Belle France has pushed the European Parliament to adopt a PNR several times in recent years, saying such a system would help prevent further terror attacks. "We are at war," Valls told French parliament on Tuesday. "I say in particular to the socialist and environmental groups in the European Parliament: Everyone should assume their responsibilities. We have lost enough time on this issue." Left-leaning members of the parliament have opposed such a measure over worries about the use and security of personal data. Although a PNR would not have prevented Tuesday’s airport attack, which targeted the departures area before security checkpoints, the idea has repeatedly been floated in the wake of new terror attacks in Europe. How it would work The PNR would store 19 pieces of information on each passenger, including flight dates, itineraries, information on the ticket, passenger contact information, the name of the booking agency, payment method, seat number and luggage data. The goal of the PNR would be for airlines to send passenger data to security officials in each European country. The data could then be checked by national authorities against their own lists of wanted persons or terror suspects.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Actually we don't have to give up much of anything. All muzz fly together in towed gliders. If it blows up, that's too bad... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-03-24 19:20 |
| #1 Everybody has to give up a little bit of their freedom and privacy so we can live with Muslims. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-24 12:38 |