Brussels has threatened to suspend two key data sharing agreements with the US, in a sharp escalation of transatlantic tensions over claims that America’s intelligence agencies have been spying on European citizens and embassies.
The move comes despite an attempt by the Obama administration to defuse the row over US surveillance activities, which is threatening to overshadow talks on a EU-US trade deal next week.
In a letter to US officials, Cecilia Malmström, the EU’s home affairs commissioner, said that unless the US could demonstrate that it was respecting EU data security laws it would be forced to halt a deal that gives US authorities access to Europeans’ financial transaction data and airline passenger information.
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