Rapid completion of legislation to combat terrorism require a joint declaration by 28 ministers of EU home affairs
The rapid completion of legislation to combat terrorism require a joint statement of the 28 justice and home affairs ministers of EU affairs which met urgently today in Brussels.
In their joint statement, the ministers of justice and internal EU underline the determination of the EU countries to fight jointly against terrorism, preserving European values, while point out that the attack in Brussels directed "against our open democratic society."
In particular, they stressed the need to adopt the directive on the creation of a file with personal data of all air passengers (PNR) in April and urgently implemented.
Furthermore request the rapid completion of legislation to combat terrorism, in terms of systematic checks at the external borders of Schengen, the guns hold control,
expanding the European Criminal Records System (ECRIS) to third countries, the implementation of the action plan to combat the financing of terrorism, combating document fraud, the full implementation of EU rules on explosive precursors and the further cooperation in the fight against terrorism between the EU and Turkey and North Africa, the Middle East and the Western Balkans.
The Belgian justice minister, Guin Cohen stressed the need for coordination of information systems, such as the Schengen system and the Interpol database. He also stressed the need to exchange information between judicial authorities of the Member States and the secret services.
The Commissioner for home affairs and migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos stressed on his part that the Commission has taken several initiatives in the fight against terrorism, but there is a lack of political will, coordination and lack of confidence. He stressed the need to improve information exchange and to implement what was agreed after previous terrorist attacks. As regards the exchange of information, he said that has been possible operation the Centre for Combating Terrorism to Europol and have ensured additional resources for this.
The rapid completion of legislation to combat terrorism require a joint statement of the 28 justice and home affairs ministers of EU affairs which met urgently today in Brussels.
In their joint statement, the ministers of justice and internal EU underline the determination of the EU countries to fight jointly against terrorism, preserving European values, while point out that the attack in Brussels directed "against our open democratic society."
In particular, they stressed the need to adopt the directive on the creation of a file with personal data of all air passengers (PNR) in April and urgently implemented.
Furthermore request the rapid completion of legislation to combat terrorism, in terms of systematic checks at the external borders of Schengen, the guns hold control,
expanding the European Criminal Records System (ECRIS) to third countries, the implementation of the action plan to combat the financing of terrorism, combating document fraud, the full implementation of EU rules on explosive precursors and the further cooperation in the fight against terrorism between the EU and Turkey and North Africa, the Middle East and the Western Balkans.
The Belgian justice minister, Guin Cohen stressed the need for coordination of information systems, such as the Schengen system and the Interpol database. He also stressed the need to exchange information between judicial authorities of the Member States and the secret services.
The Commissioner for home affairs and migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos stressed on his part that the Commission has taken several initiatives in the fight against terrorism, but there is a lack of political will, coordination and lack of confidence. He stressed the need to improve information exchange and to implement what was agreed after previous terrorist attacks. As regards the exchange of information, he said that has been possible operation the Centre for Combating Terrorism to Europol and have ensured additional resources for this.
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