European Parliament Vice President Alexander Alvaro (Liberal Party Group) welcomed...
European Parliament Vice President Alexander Alvaro (Liberal Party Group) welcomed a complaint filed by members of the Slovak Parliament against the European Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EG). The Slovak politicians want a check of the implementation of the directive from 2006…
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into national law, and asked their Constitutional Court to consider a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union about the validity of the directive. The Slovak complaint follows complaints in several EU countries, including Ireland, Germany and Romania. Germany still has not implemented the directive and is facing a complaint filed by the commission as a result. Ireland in July filed a complaint against the directive at a European court. Alvaro in a statement criticized EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem for not moving forward with the planned review of the Directive. Malmstroem has acknowledged problems with the directive regarding varying retention periods in the 27 member states and the scope of access to data collected by telecom and Internet providers. Alvaro said since Malmstroem was unable to present a clear time table for the review, the commission should ask the European Court of Justice itself if the directive is compatible with Europe’s charter of fundamental rights.