EU nears anti-terror deal on sharing air passenger data
Parliament is expected to grant final approval for scheme within two weeks
Brussels
THE European Union (EU) is nearing the end of a five-year struggle for a deal on sharing the names of airline passengers to help trace returning jihadists, after pressure from member states in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Interior ministers from the 28 EU nations have agreed on issues that had hobbled negotiations with the European Parliament for years. The parliament is now expected to grant final approval for the scheme within two weeks.
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