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		</div><p>The European Union has approved a scheme to share airline passenger information that can be used to track foreign fighters heading to and from conflict areas such as Syria and Iraq.</p>
<p>Politicians endorsed the Passenger Name Record law in a series of votes in Strasbourg, ending years of wrangling over how to balance security needs and privacy rights.</p>
<p>Under the scheme, traveller details will be collected from flights entering or leaving the EU and from flights between member countries. The information will be kept for six months.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is an important tool in the fight against terror,&#8221; said Ivo Belet, a member of parliament for the EPP Christian Democrat group, the biggest in the legislature.</p>
<p>At least 5,000 Europeans are believed to have trained or fought in Syria and Iraq but authorities are struggling to track their movements and prove their activities.</p>
<p>The EU already has passenger data deals with the US, Canada and Australia.</p>
<p>The need for the legislation became ever more pressing in the wake of the November 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 and last month&#8217;s suicide bombings in Brussels, which left 32 dead.<br />
France immediately welcomed the approval.</p>
<p>Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it would &#8220;enhance the security of EU citizens by allowing upstream tracking of jihadist terrorist movements&#8221;.</p>
<p>He added it &#8220;will also be a step forward in the sharing of information between police forces and European intelligence, one of the crucial requirements to enhance our protection against a new and mobile terrorist threat&#8221;.</p>
<p>The vote brought to an end a process that began eight years ago, delays that often drew public outcries as fears grew of extremist violence in Europe.</p>
<p>The agreement would give law enforcement agencies in the 28 EU nations access to information gathered by airlines, including names, travel dates, itineraries, and credit card and contact details.</p>
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