cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48322335
The EU is planning to strike a deal with the US that would let the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies search European databases to identify people posing “a threat to US security,” according to a proposal published by the European Commission at the end of July.
In 2022, the United States of America (US) introduced a new requirement for all countries that have been admitted to or aspire to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This program enables citizens of participating countries to travel to the US visa-free for a maximum of 90 days for the purposes of tourism or business. The new requirement entails the conclusion of an “Enhanced Border Security Partnership” (EBSP) with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a condition for admission to, and further participation in, the VWP, as a component of the already existing traveller information exchange requirement.
So the Biden admin got the ball rolling on this? I’m not surprised but I am perpetually disgusted that Democrats have gotten more fashy about the border than the fucking Bush administration was.
I am not an expert of EU law, what does a “proposal” actually mean? What is the journey from this document to it actually happening and what recourse do citizens have, if any? And why am I the first fucking person asking this question?
EU has some weak pathetic leaders, but this is a new low, even for them. Bending the knee to the orange pedo is a very weak move.
Trump is European, specifically German, so it is no surprise
I’m not covering for Trump or downplaying his border fascism but the document indicates this is in response to a requirement for the US Waiver Program that was drawn up in 2022… when Biden was president.
Afaik he’s half irish, so that makes him quite american, but it’s irrelevant really.
They did declare the US data protection level as equivalent in 2024, so…
Specifics matter. I would be fine with an endpoint that given the passport/id card allows to do a basic check for any severe offences - as often performed for childcare jobs, too.
Anything beyond that sounds bad.
Why? Who cares about “offenses” of a random traveler. Why do you trust an international crime db to be accurate?
Here before Trump calls in SEAL team 6 on a Romanian anti-American vlogger.
Just kick those Danes out of the Parliament. They’re repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot.
fucking christ why
because murica so cool we wanna make it happy
Don’t cooperate with fascists, ffs!
I have a feeling Rome has its hands all over it.
Pope Leo XIV wants that data too, you know. That’s how he can root out the protestants to kill.
Isn’t Trump a protestant?
He’s Jewish, member of Chabad-Lubbavich thanks to Kushner, been that way since 2019. He still takes the Mark of the Beast by obeying the Pope regardless (the right hand). My producer was calling this out elsewhere.
14 eyes is bullshit and this is also bullshit, yet the populations in Europe stare indifferently like cattle on a farm and do not contest it. it’s especially laughable considering the recent push for “sovereignty” in many states…
How do you know what people contest or not? Its not like of all the major world powers or trading blocs that we are the ones falling into fascism so lets keep the hyperbole about simple minded easily controlled populations sleepwalking into authoritarianism to a minimum.
yup, yall became full us vassals.
welcome to the club, get ready for austerity so us corporations can thrive.
austerity never begets prosperity. all it really does is temporarily paper over the losses of a waning empire. then you run out of labor to extract and shit hits the fan.
Europe has been American vassals for a long time already, this wouldn’t be happening otherwise.
Violation of human rights
In theory not sth. bad. But I have a hard time to imagine the current USA government using that data for the supposed reason.
Even if you pretend that only the Republicans are bad this is still bad in theory because they win half of the time
In theory, very bad. In practice, also very bad.
