All these governments have absolutely no qualms giving each other their citizens data. It is just one big happy data party.

Brussels is preparing to negotiate a data-sharing agreement with the United States that would grant American border authorities access to the fingerprints, facial scans, and sensitive personal data of European citizens, according to Euractiv.

Continued visa-free travel to America is the price tag; Washington set the terms.

EU ministers approved a mandate to begin negotiations in December 2025. No government raised a fundamental objection; the Council adopted the decision without debate.