European Parliament ends visa-free travel for Americans

[rory_20_uk]

To equate one official jumping to a private sector job hardly compares to the corruption Romania has - and the EU has commented on - for years. That it is bad enough for a revolt hardly is a good thing. Except if all states are Bad and we should all run to wards the Enlightenment that is the EU.

What exactly are you referring to? The OP says "The vote by the parliament's civil liberties committee means Americans will have to apply for extra documents for the next 12 months.", so it would seem the EU has already moved. I can only assume you are referring to how fast glaciers fall apart due to global warming.

Yes it does state that - and I am sure that is what you want to hear and so don't bother to look elsewhere. But sadly that is not the whole truth. Link The EU has known for, oh 3 years or so and has done nothing. This vote means that it can go back to the parliament to have a vote else the MEPs can go to the Courts of Justice... It could happen in 12 months - let's see if it does.

[Husar]

Yes it does state that - and I am sure that is what you want to hear and so don't bother to look elsewhere. But sadly that is not the whole truth. Link The EU has known for, oh 3 years or so and has done nothing. This vote means that it can go back to the parliament to have a vote else the MEPs can go to the Courts of Justice... It could happen in 12 months - let's see if it does.

Eh, that is also in the OP:

The European Commission discovered three years ago that the US was not meeting its obligations under the reciprocity agreement but has not yet taken any legal action.

Australia, Brunei, Japan and Canada were also failing in their obligations, but all four have lifted, or are soon to lift, any visa restrictions on travel for EU citizens.

The second paragraph makes it sound like the EU notified the offending countries and gave them some time to come around. It further indicates that some of them want to come around but are not there yet because they move like glaciers themselves. My interpretation is that they now think that the lack of action on the part of the US warrants this action on the part of the EU, that they basically waited three years on purpose, not that they were unable to do this faster.