Again and again, we've had our noses rubbed in the fact that European governments take a cavalier attitude to their citizens' privacy and the rule of law. In the last couple of years we've seen this in France, the UK, Germany, Italy,...
It only looks like rolling over. But in reality, I think the European governments are quite happy to let the US get all the bad press. I wouldn't be at all surprised if agreements exist on the working level to share and share alike (as between Germany and the US during the Iraq Attaq). The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
Germany The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
It's time to at least have it disclosed how member states vote at the Council. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
I wouldn't be at all surprised if agreements exist on the working level to share and share alike (as between Germany and the US during the Iraq Attaq).
The main story here is the Council using this last-ditch opportunity to continue to give the US pretty much unrestricted access. I hope that going forward we'll see a better kind of arrangement being negotiated through the Parliament.
