Although the European Parliament only has assent powers over the general regulation (i.e. it can accept or reject the package but not amend it), the rapporteur Konstantinos HATZIDAKIS (EPP-ED, EL) and the Parliament successfully negotiated with the Austrian Presidency to have many of the MEPs' demands included in the Council’s position, including:
Eiropas un ASV plašsaziņas līdzekļi nesen informēja sabiedrību par ASV īstenoto teroristu finansējuma izsekošanas programmu — ASV dienesti to izmantojuši, lai piekļūtu finanšu datiem, kas uzglabāti SWIFT (Pasaules Starpbanku finanšu telekomunikāciju sabiedrība) sistēmā.