Belgium prepares to present passenger data plans to rest of EU

Albrecht Meier reports:

In response to a number of terror attacks, Belgium wants greater control over who travels on its trains, buses and boats and will present its plans at the next meeting of EU interior ministers at the end of January. EurActiv’s partner Der Tagesspiegel reports.

At the next meeting of the EU’s justice and interior ministers on 26 and 27 January, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon will reveal his proposal.

Jambon, of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), intends to inform his EU counterparts about what the Belgian parliament decided shortly before the Christmas break on registering train, bus and boat passengers.