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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in Office of the Council, we welcome the fact that the Council has finally given the European Commission a mandate to negotiate with the United States on the inclusion in the Visa Waiver Programme of the 12 countries that were currently excluded.
It is also a good sign that, in parallel to these negotiations, negotiations are being opened on the Electronic System of Travel Authorisation and the exchange of data. However, will this mandate really make it possible to call a halt to bilateral negotiations, in favour of a truly European approach? Let us hope so.
I would remind you again that no bilateral negotiations are acceptable on visa exemption and any negotiation of exchanges of data with the United States, such as PNR, and that only agreements at European Union level can be considered.
Does this negotiating mandate also provide for a general agreement on personal data protection? That is what I want to ask, because the American legislation still excludes Europeans and does not protect them. Finally, I should like to point out that the SIS and VIS were set up for specific purposes and that opening up access to the data in those systems to third countries would breach the principles of purpose and proportionality. We are thus relying on you."@en1
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