Seventeenth progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union

Summary:

Communication presented on 11 December 2018 by the European Commission  reporting on progress made towards building an effective and genuine Security Union.

Further information:

At the European Council meeting of 18 October 2018, EU leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the Union's internal security, acknowledging that real progress has been made in recent years to strengthen internal security through better cooperation, concrete measures on the ground, and the adoption of a range of legal texts.

Building on that, the European Council called for progress on pending Commission proposals to prevent, respond to and deter cyber-attacks, prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online, ensure swift and efficient cross-border access to electronic evidence, facilitate access to financial information, and improve the interoperability of information systems and databases.

This report provides the state of play of negotiations on these important initiatives, calling on the co-legislators to work towards their swift adoption.

Official

European Commission: Press Release, 11/12/2018: A Europe that protects: Commission calls for more efforts to ensure adoption of security proposals http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6736_en.htm

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