The European Parliament today voted to continue its investigation into alleged CIA secret prisons and flights in Europe for another six months, to determine whether European countries have colluded in human rights violations and breached the continent’s civil liberties treaties.

THE CIA has conducted more than 1,000 undeclared flights over European territory since 2001, a clear violation of an international treaty, European Parliament investigators said yesterday.

European Union governments have either collaborated with the CIA or turned a blind eye as it allegedly abducted and illegally detained terror suspects on EU soil, a British MEP claimed today.

European Union politicians said tonight they may attempt to question senior CIA and Bush administration officials as part of a probe into allegations against the US intelligence agency.