Support Our Work Mailing list About / Contact
  • Home /
  • News /
  • 2009 /
  • October /
  • EU: Standing Committee on Internal Security: Presidency note on the state of work on the draft Council Decision on setting up the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI

EU: Standing Committee on Internal Security: Presidency note on the state of work on the draft Council Decision on setting up the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI

01 October 2009

Support our work: become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

Presidency note on the state of work on the draft Council Decision on setting up the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI) (pdf)

Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments:

"COSI is going to be a very powerful body overseeing and directing operational actions on internal security across the EU. It should be controlled by Home/Interior government officials not "experts" whose job is to put into effect operational decisions. It should be accountable to national and European parliaments who should have an oversight role and its documents should be publicly accessible.

Crucially all of its policy decisions to undertake EU-wide operational actions should be public, so too should post-operation reports and assessments of "shortcomings or failures".

See also: Proposed Council working groups if Lisbon Treaty is adopted (pdf) and: EU: COSI - Standing Committee on Internal Security rescued from the debris of the EU Constitution and Analysis: Cementing the European state: - new emphasis on internal security and operational cooperation at EU level

Our work is only possible with your support.
Become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

 Previous article

EU-USA: "The Washington Statement", 20 October 2009: EU-US Joint Statement on "Enhancing transatlantic cooperation in the area of Justice, Freedom and Security

Next article 

UK: Guardian article - Police in £9m scheme to log 'domestic extremists: 'Thousands of activists monitored on network of overlapping databases'

 

Spotted an error? If you've spotted a problem with this page, just click once to let us know.

Report error

Statewatch does not have a corporate view, nor does it seek to create one, the views expressed are those of the author. Statewatch is not responsible for the content of external websites and inclusion of a link does not constitute an endorsement. Registered UK charity number: 1154784. Registered UK company number: 08480724. Registered company name: The Libertarian Research & Education Trust. Registered office: MayDay Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH. © Statewatch ISSN 1756-851X. Personal usage as private individuals "fair dealing" is allowed. We also welcome links to material on our site. Usage by those working for organisations is allowed only if the organisation holds an appropriate licence from the relevant reprographic rights organisation (eg: Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK) with such usage being subject to the terms and conditions of that licence and to local copyright law.

About | Contact | Privacy Policy