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EU: Eurospooks flourish as Euro flounders - UK may shun monetary cooperation but eager to promote security and intelligence links

01 January 2012

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EU: Eurospooks flourish as Euro flounders - UK may shun monetary cooperation but eager to promote security and intelligence links (Guardian's Defence and Security blog, link) by Richard Norton-Taylor:

"Deep in the European undergrowth, Britain is engaged in discussions on a wide range of security issues with a potentially huge impact on civil rights and individual liberties. Measures designed to combat terrorism, crime, and protect the EU from "natural and man-made disasters", even "traffic accidents", are featured on the agendas of a myriad of committees of unaccountable officials.

Their work is revealed in a series of classified EU documents, littered with acronyms, reflecting the large number of proposals designed to strengthen links between the national security and intelligence agencies of EU member states."

The article cites the following documents: Draft working method for closer cooperation and coordination in the field of EU security (pdf) and Strengthening ties between CSDP and FSJ - Elements of a draft Road Map (from the European External Action Service, pdf)

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