US EditionEuropean Commission weighs creation of intelligence arm amid global tensions
- The European Commission is exploring the creation of an intelligence coordination cell to enhance security threat assessment across EU member states, as reported by the Financial Times.
- President Ursula von der Leyen is leading this initiative amid growing concerns about reliance on external intelligence sources due to geopolitical tensions.
- The proposal faces resistance from senior officials in the EU's Intelligence and Situation Centre who fear it may duplicate existing work and weaken their role.
- The cell aims to consolidate intelligence from national services to strengthen security assessments across the EU, with ongoing discussions and no specific timeline set for its formation.
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The European Commission is studying to create an intelligence cell of its own and that is directly under the baton of EU President Ursula von der Leyen, as confirmed by the European Executive on Tuesday. The idea has caused some surprise and even discomfort, since there is already a body, under the mandate of the EU's High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, responsible for conducting intelligence analysis to help political decision-…
ALL-SEEING EYE? Concerns Mount as EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen Wants To Set up Her Own Intelligence ‘Cell’ Despite Resistance From Member States
VDL wants to keep an eye on all of us. Around Europe, many worry that European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen (VDL), unpopular as she is, is still engaged in mutating the EU into a superstate overriding the national sovereignties, including having its own Stasi-KGB-style intel service. It will surprise no one to learn that the new plan has drawn meaningful pushback, over fears of duplicating existing EU intelligence bodies, encroaching on nat…
The European Commission is planning to set up its own EU intelligence service, and this is partly due to concerns.
The European Union wants to establish a new intelligence agency, as reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday on the basis of EU diplomats. ... The post The European Union wants to establish new intelligence services – every member state should send employees first on Apollo News.
More Power to the Commission: Brussels to Set Up New Intelligence Unit
Under President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission is establishing a new intelligence unit to improve coordination and use of information gathered by national agencies. The unit, to be set up within the Commission’s Secretariat-General, will recruit officials from across the European Union intelligence community to consolidate data for shared purposes, according to four sources briefed on the plan. Russia’s war with Ukraine and Presid…
The unit, which will be formed within the Secretariat-General of the Commission, intends to hire officials from the entire European Union information community and collect information for common purposes, according to the Financial Times, quoted by...
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