Europe Threatens To End Data-Sharing With U.S. Over Recent NSA Revelations

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EU Threatens To Suspend Data-Sharing With U.S. Over Spy Reports -- Reuters

* Threat reflects concern over U.S. eavesdropping reports
* EU commissioner writes to senior U.S. officials
* EU-U.S. relations at "delicate moment"-EU official

BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday.

The threat reflects European disquiet about allegations that the United States has engaged in widespread eavesdropping on European Internet users as well as spying on the EU.

Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU's home affairs commissioner, wrote to two senior U.S. officials on Thursday to voice European concerns over implementation of the two agreements, both struck in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and regarded by Washington as important tools in the fight against terrorism.

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