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Understanding the dynamics of the illiberal practices of liberal states is increasingly important in Europe today. This book examines the changing relationship between immigration, citizenship and integration at the European and national arenas.

This Policy Insight examines the main implications and challenges of the recent Executive Orders or 'travel bans'issued by US President Donald Trump. It argues that one of the key ulterior motives behind these orders is tomanoeuvre the US into an advantageous position for harvesting personal data on individuals from around theworld, including EU citizens and residents. The paper analyses these orders and other recent US legislativedevelopments that allow for greater access and processing of raw communications of EU citizens, and argues thatthey put the sustainability of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the EU right to privacy under profound strain. Theauthors call for more diplomacy and democratic rule of law with fundamental rights guarantees and cooperation,as the most effective antidote to the pervasive mistrust and legal uncertainty engendered by these ExecutiveOrders. In any case these developments call for the European Commission to take an assertive position andsuspend the EU-US Privacy Shield, as this is the only way to ensure legal certainty for companies, citizens andauthorities in the EU. This would also send a clear signal to the US about the absolute need to take into accountthe conflicts of law challenges that these orders pose for the EU and member states' data protection legal systems.The paper also recommends re-designing and strengthening the current EU-US Transatlantic Legislators Dialoguebetween the European Parliament and its US counterparts to better allow for a closer consultation on relevant USand EU policies with deep repercussions on transatlantic relations and citizens across the board.

This Policy Insight examines the main implications and challenges of the recent Executive Orders or 'travel bans'issued by US President Donald Trump. It argues that one of the key ulterior motives behind these orders is tomanoeuvre the US into an advantageous position for harvesting personal data on individuals from around theworld, including EU citizens and residents. The paper analyses these orders and other recent US legislativedevelopments that allow for greater access and processing of raw communications of EU citizens, and argues thatthey put the sustainability of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the EU right to privacy under profound strain. Theauthors call for more diplomacy and democratic rule of law with fundamental rights guarantees and cooperation,as the most effective antidote to the pervasive mistrust and legal uncertainty engendered by these ExecutiveOrders. In any case these developments call for the European Commission to take an assertive position andsuspend the EU-US Privacy Shield, as this is the only way to ensure legal certainty for companies, citizens andauthorities in the EU. This would also send a clear signal to the US about the absolute need to take into accountthe conflicts of law challenges that these orders pose for the EU and member states' data protection legal systems.The paper also recommends re-designing and strengthening the current EU-US Transatlantic Legislators Dialoguebetween the European Parliament and its US counterparts to better allow for a closer consultation on relevant USand EU policies with deep repercussions on transatlantic relations and citizens across the board.