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February 7, 2008 At the March 2007 Integrate This teach-in, Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, predicted that just as NAFTA served as a model for all future free-trade agreements, the Security and Prosperity Partnership would set a dangerous precedent for international security policies. At the end of January, this prediction was proven right when the European Commission proposed an SPP-like airline passenger registry that would use biometrics to track people entering and leaving the EU by land, air and sea. As reported by The Economist on January 31 this year, the EU wants to set up two systems for monitoring travellers to the continent. "One system will require airline passengers to register online before flying to Europe while the other system will use biometrics to track people entering and leaving the Union through air, land and sea borders," wrote The Economist. "The EU plans mirror developments in the US where passenger name records have been collected from European passengers since 2002." But the similarities do not end there. According to The Economist: "Aside from proposing new systems for monitoring travellers entering the EU, the Commission in February will also suggest other ways of tightening Europe’s borders. A marine ‘border surveillance system’ will link surveillance carried out by member states and allow the sharing of information on illegal immigration and trafficking by sea. An evaluation of Frontex, the EU’s border agency, will also suggest ways the body can develop ahead of a discussion between ministers in March on the EU’s external borders." Click here to read the full article.
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