EU Commission to propose expanding the role of pan-European police agency Europol

THE LETTER OF BRUSSELS. The transformation of Europol announced by Ursula von der Leyen is taking a turn. More staff and more tools for ever more sophisticated criminality.

The European Union is also joining the discourse on law enforcement agencies' access to often encrypted data.

In times of geopolitical uncertainty, the EU wants to become more crisis-proof. Now the EU Commission has presented a paper for its internal security. It is about more data exchange - and the strengthening of Europol.

EU wants to fix its internal security blind spot

Brussels is intensifying its battle against hybrid threats, particularly the “weaponisation of migration” by boosting the interoperability of major EU information systems.

The EU Commission wants to address the cross-border threats and urgently needs more cooperation.

The European Commission on Tuesday presented a new EU internal security strategy, aimed in particular at improving the fight against organised crime in the digital environment. The plan includes a strengthened role for the European police agency Europol and the possibility of making some encrypted communications from mobile applications available to police authorities in the future. While the commission says the police need these tools to more e…