Enhanced Border Security Partnership
Briefing
28-09-2026
The US is demanding access to personal information stored in the national databases of EU countries, including to biometric data, as a prerequisite for maintaining visa-free US travel for EU citizens, but there are concerns about how the data could be used. The European Commission has negotiated a framework agreement for the Enhanced Border Security Partnership, which, once approved by the European Parliament and the Council, would set out general rules for EU countries to follow when they negotiate access to their national databases with the US government.
Briefing
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- admission of aliens
- America
- data protection
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU relations
- EU visa policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- GEOGRAPHY
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- international law
- LAW
- political geography
- protection of privacy
- regulation (EU)
- rights and freedoms
- United States