La coopération transatlantique après le 11 septembre

Transatlantic Cooperation after 9/11: “Homeland Security” Issues Transatlantic cooperation in the area of “homeland security” stepped up after 9/11. This article examines how the European Union and its member states responded to US demands in this domain. Three areas of US-EU negotiations are analyzed: the transfer of passenger data (PNR) to US authorities, the Container Security Initiative and the issue of machinereadable passports that include biometric data. In most of these domains, the United States managed to take advantage of institutional, intra-European divisions. Yet, a case can be made that there is also a genuine transatlantic convergence at work – as suggested by a comparative examination of the methods used within the frame of antiterrorism and the fight against illigal immigration.