US Senator Chris Murphy met MEPs to discuss transatlantic relations in wake of the NSA fallout, and MEPs agree on fish deals and noisy roads.

Washington comes to Brussels / Morroco Fish Deal / Deafening roads

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We are engaged in a serious  discussion now in Washington

as to how to right-size  our intelligence apparatus.

Once bitten, twice shy MEPs held talks  with US Senator Chris Murphy in Brussels

to work out their differences  over the NSA Spying allegations.

Since Julius Caesar liked to take over  and all his parliaments

and other courageous people  have to stop that to create balance

and that we now have such a debate  within and between parliaments

makes me confident  that we will overcome this crisis.

Murphy continued damage control to keep  the EU-US Free Trade Agreement on track

as well as sensitive data transfer deals.

It's seemingly worked as the Commission  announced that all deals will be honoured,

but warned the US is treading on thin ice.

European Fishermen are keen  to get back into the waters

off the coast of Morocco  after an agreement ran out in 2011.

One of the EU's biggest international  fishing deals with Morocco

over the disputed territory  of Western Sahara, occupied since 1975.

Though a majority of MEPs  approved the new deal,

some felt the Saharawi people's rights  had been overlooked.

The EU should absolutely respect  the natural resources

of an occupied people,  it belongs to those people.

we can’t negotiate and pay an occupying  power for access to those resources.

I agree with what the Western Saharan  people are saying in their statements

they are calling this theft,  and that is what it is.

It now faces the gauntlet  of a plenary vote in December.

Noise pollution is the new frontier  in the battle for city dwellers' health.

Excessive noise levels  can lead to poor sleep and heart attacks

according to the World Health Organisation.

More than 200 million EU citizens  living in cities could be affected,

which is why MEPs passed new rules  limiting the noise emission levels

for cars, vans, buses and lorries.  If it passes plenary vote in December,

vehicles will have to cut their volume  within one or two years time.