I don’t know anything about the regulation and laws concerning such matters within the EU but I find it hard to believe you can get into the EU from the outside without identification. I guess the simple fact is if you travel to the EU you obey it’s rules and if you travel to the US you obey theirs. Seems fair.

True, and you need an identification anyway. Personally I don’t care about these new measures, but some tourists might. The current US gov’t should still remember that there’s also other things to worry about than fighting terrorism. I hope Kerry will make the US a bit more ‘friendly’ towards foreigners again.