EU: French Council Presidency to host European Police Chiefs Task Force Expanded Troika Meeting in Paris on 11 July

EPCTF Expanded Troika Meeting, Paris 11 July What is interesting is that in this Council document: European Council (19 and 20 June 2008): Progress report from the Presidency to the European Council – Preparatory work in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (pdf) it says that the new structures under the Lisbon Treaty meant: “It was accepted that there would no longer be a need for a formal role for the Police Chiefs Task Force.” Background: Statewatch analysis: The EU’s Police Chief Task Force – a tale of self-regulation and self-definition by a body with no legal or constitutional basis, by Tony Bunyan