Ganz schön was los in Brüssel heute. So ganz nebenbei wurde auch der Abgleich von Flugpassagierdaten der EU mit den USA beschlossen.

The new deal still obliges airlines to forward more than 30 pieces of data – such as dietary requirements, credit card details, family links and addresses – to the US authorities 15 minutes before the departure of the flight.
The EU has vowed to quickly begin negotiations on a new framework that may include additional US demands – such as making it easier for intelligence agencies to access the information – and aim to implement them before November 2007, when the new deal expires.