EU commission keen to set up new counter-terrorism office

EU Observer presents a possible new EU internal security body on the model of Catherine Ashton's European External Action Service (EEAS). The commission counter-terrorism director Olivier Luyckx envisaged, on 30 March 2011, a new entity that would pull together existing security agencies Cepol, Cosi, Eurojust, Europol and Frontex under EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator Gilles de Kerchove.

‘There is new room for action at EU level’, he said. ‘This is how I see the change: to set up a system that would mirror the one that is being set up for monitoring external crises [in the EEAS], a one-stop shop for information-sharing’.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Home Affairs: Crisis management and Fight against Terrorism http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/policies/terrorism/terrorism_intro_en.htm

ESO: Information Guide: European External Action Service http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-external-action-service/

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