Valentina Pop reports:
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called EU parliament chief Jerzy Buzek to voice concern over a vote due next Tuesday in which MEPs could scrap a deal allowing American investigators to track down terrorist funding via European bank transactions.
Ms Clinton’s late-night phonecall to Mr Buzek comes on top of other efforts by the US administration to try and convince EU lawmakers not to reject the agreement.
On Wednesday, US ambassador to Brussels William E. Kennard went to the European Parliament and held talks with several political group leaders and MEPs dealing with justice and home affairs.
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