Statewatch published the article France, Germany and the Netherlands push for EU-wide “tracking and bugging of vehicles”. Introduction:

Germany, France and the Netherlands are advocating for a reform of the European Investigation Order (EIO) to simplify cross-border surveillance of vehicles. A joint non-paper sent to other EU member states aims to amend the 2014 law to enhance cross-border surveillance cooperation. The reform would allow police to continue using GPS trackers and bugging devices on vehicles when they travel into other EU member states, without requiring additional legal approval in each country.

The Netherlands has long been involved in travel surveillance initiatives.

For example, the Netherlands advocates passenger registration in cross-border bus and train traffic (some of which is already in place). The ideas on travel surveillance have a long history. E.g. the Special Committee on Terrorism (‘TERR’) of the European Parliament in 2018 wrote:

Calls on Member States to consider creating systems similar to PNR for other international modes of transport;

No separate measures are needed for cars, as the ‘smart’ car already surveies the driver and surroundings. Very soon all cars will be smart.

More information:

Some articles on travel surveillance.

2023

• In de auto van A naar B, surveilleert de overheid met u mee, Privacy First 22 November 2023.
• EU Member States Planning to Extend Surveillance Scheme to Ferry, Rail & Bus Passengers, Schengen News 24 March 2023.
• EU: Member states ponder blanket police surveillance of ferry, rail and bus passengers, Statewatch 23 March 2023, intro: “Legislation is incoming to step up surveillance of air travel, and the possibility of extending the scheme to ferry journeys has been raised in the Council. The Presidency is concerned about delaying the air passenger surveillance plans but has set out options for maritime transport, whilst proposing the Commission launch a study on the surveillance of international bus and coach travel.“

2019

• Europäische Union will Nutzung von Fluggastdaten ausweiten, Matthias Monroy, Netzpolitik 23 November 2019.
• “Passenger Name Record” EU-Staaten streiten über Überwachung von Zug-, Bus- und
  Schiffsreisenden, Süddeutsche.de, 17 July 2019.
• EU may expand collection of air passenger data to rail and road users, The Guardian 7 August 2019.
• EU may extend ‘passenger name records’ to rail and sea, EUOberserver 6 August 2019.
• Statewatch: EU PNR extended to internal flights and only a matter of time before PNR is extended to sea, rail and road traffic too, 28 July 2019.
• Finnland treibt Komplettüberwachung aller Reisebewegungen in der EU voran, Matthias Monroy, Netzpolitik 8 July 2019.

2018

• Belgien will Passagierdaten von Bus- und Bahnreisenden aus Großbritannien, Matthias Monroy, Netzpolitik 14 September 2018
• The Special Committee on Terrorism (‘TERR’) of the European Parliament in a draft report proposed: “46. Calls on Member States to consider creating systems similar to PNR for other international modes of transport;“, 21 June 2018.
• Belgium started requesting identity information from bus passengers, Anonymously travelling through EU will soon be impossible: all data stored (Dutch), AD 16 April 2018. Netzpolitik wrote an article on the Belgian project. AD poll result (19 April 2018 at 19:40):

2017

• Belgien macht Ernst: Zwingende Erfassung von Passagierdaten in grenzüberschreitenden Zügen, Matthias Monroy, Netzpolitik 27 January 2017.

2015

• EU-Mitgliedstaaten verabreden mehr Überwachung und Kontrolle von Zügen, Bahnsteigen und Passagieren, Matthias Monroy, Netzpolitik 4 September 2015.