one new member state diplomat noted

EUobserver.com:

"The US demands high-tech security features in visitors' passports and low previous refusal rates of entry, at below 3 percent.

Washington monitors how many tourists break the rule on the 90 day threshold after being granted a visa, as well as the economic situation of visiting nationals' countries, watching for the risk of economic migrants.

Most central and east European member states still don't comply with the rules, diplomats say, but they hope EU-level pressure can speed up the procedure.

'We would like the US to show their recognition for us as their political partners and allies, and stop judging us only by such mathematical criteria,' one new member state diplomat noted."