Paris killings spark EU security fears

New security measures, including retaining information on everyone who takes a flight into or out of the EU, are back on the agenda following the brutal murders in Paris.

A plan to collect and retain passenger name records (PNR) was put on hold in the autumn after the European Court of Justice ruled that the similarly indiscriminate collection of telecoms information about people not under suspicion violated human rights.

But following the terrorist killings in France, it was back on the table following discussions in Riga between the European Commission and the Latvian government that has taken over the six-month EU presidency.