Tighter security controls will be imposed at European railway stations, France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced following a meeting in Paris with several European counterparts and transport ministers.
Ministers from the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland attended the meeting.
“Visual passenger identity checks will be reinforced, as well as random controls,” said Cazeneuve. “Official inspections of luggage will step up, both at stations and on board trains.”
He added that mixed patrols of law enforcement officers would be enhanced and deployed “more extensively.” The patrols, consisting of personnel of a range of nationalities, already exist in several countries
The delegates also discussed an idea initially proposed by the European Commission in 2007, and debated since 2011, which would see the creation of a ‘Passenger Name Record’ – or PNR – for European air travel.
If given the green light, passenger data woul
