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Joint EU-US group to assess US spy ops
Source: BBC
3 July 2013 Last updated at 17:27 GMT
Joint EU-US group to assess US spy ops
A joint EU-US expert group will investigate the alleged US spying on EU officials and report its findings in October, the European Commission says.
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said the group would meet this month to begin assessing the "proportionality" of the US surveillance programmes.
She called the surveillance "a wake-up call for us to advance on our data protection reform".
There could be no EU-US trade deal without mutual trust, she warned.
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Joint EU-US group to assess US spy ops
A joint EU-US expert group will investigate the alleged US spying on EU officials and report its findings in October, the European Commission says.
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said the group would meet this month to begin assessing the "proportionality" of the US surveillance programmes.
She called the surveillance "a wake-up call for us to advance on our data protection reform".
There could be no EU-US trade deal without mutual trust, she warned.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23165257