Tusk: bigger access to passenger data is needed

"The Charlie Hebdo terror attack indicates a need to make bigger access to data gathered by airlines for security services," Donald Tusk claimed during a briefing in Riga. A project regarding this matter has been blocked by EU lawmakers due to personal data protection issues, Polskie Radio informed. Tusk will encourage EU officials to move on the project under which the police and the intelligence agencies would have access to (even outdated) information about passengers entering and leaving the European Union. "It will help spot trips made by dangerous people, I hope. It is very important, as the tragic events in Paris have shown," he stated. He added that the EU "is able to focus on enforcement of its security system." The EU leaders will debate the matter of the recent terrorist attack on February 12.