The European Commission presented its proposals for a European Union-wide Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive to fight serious crime and terrorism. The Commission said that such a measure was needed in order to crack down on terrorism, in particular. National police will not have direct access to the airlines databases, but the air carriers concerned are obliged to send the data to them. The proposal must be approved by member states and the broadly pro-civil liberties European Parliament. Some parliamentarians have questioned the need for a new system of flight data storage.”]