Kerry met with a few smiles in Paris

It was with a handshake and a few smiles that the head of French diplomacy, Laurent Fabius, received the Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Paris.

On the menu of breakfast: the revelations that realize systematic access to telephone communications of French citizens by the National Security Agency of the United States.

The information made public on the eve, the newspaper Le Monde took Paris asking for explanations to Washington. A renewed appeal, this Tuesday.

The French Head of State who has already spoken with u.s. counterpart wants to prevent situations like these from recurring and isn't the only one. Last night, the European Parliament took a step forward in data protection of citizens in the European Union.

"The adoption of the proposal strengthens the individual rights of European citizens as the fines imposed on undertakings that fail can reach 5% of global annual revenues," says Mr Jan Philipp Albrecht of the Greens.

Before being implemented, the measures still have a long way to go.

In the sights of the new legislation are search engines, social networks and online services companies.

The idea is to limit access to users ' data by European countries such as the United States.

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