Just hours after MEPs voted to end its SWIFT data exchange deal with the US, there was anger in the plenary as fresh allegations of NSA snooping emerged.

European Parliament votes to suspend EU-US bank data deal

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It's alleged that Angela Merkel has been  the most recent victim of NSA spying -

she has demanded  an explanation from the US

to claims that her mobile phone was tapped.

there hasn't yet been  a comprehensive EU response.

There was, however, a strong backlash  in the European Parliament.

A majority of MEPs voted for a resolution

to suspend the EU’s SWIFT bank data  exchange agreement with the US.

It is an outrage that Member State  governments have done nothing so far,

they are turning a blind eye,  which is unacceptable.

The allegations that the US  National Security Agency

has been massively hacking  the private information of EU citizens

should be more than enough  for all of them to tackle the issue together.

But this resolution has been  the subject of lively debate.

Not all MEPs approved the proposed text,  namely, members of the EPP.

If we lifting this up, nobody is looking  at the financial issues of terrorism

This has nothing to do with what's been  alleged in the newspapers regarding SWIFT

because we don’t have any proof at all  that the NSA is spying on SWIFT data.

Whistleblower and former CIA contractor  Edward Snowden exposed this US spying.

Since then, allegations have grown  that the NSA

has spied on the private data  of many EU citizens.

This MEP has called for changes to rules  on personal data protection.

We want to strengthen individual rights,  especially transparency

and the right to information, the right  to access and also the right to deletion

and that way we strengthen  the idea of the right to be forgotten.

will likely go to the negotiating table  at the Council summit on Friday.

MEPs are calling for a firm response  from EU heads of state and government.