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EU: WHITHER ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EU OPERATIONAL COOPERATION ON INTERNAL SECURITY?

03 November 2014

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Council of the European Union: Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI): Report to the European Parliament and national Parliaments on COSI January 2013 - June 2014 (Doc no:13523/14, pdf) : The "Council shall keep the European Parliament and the national Parliaments informed of the proceedings of the Standing Committee". While this Report to the EP and national parliaments (14440-14, pdf), is open (made public) and has 41 footnotes with references to dozens of documents many of which are not available to the public and not sent to the EP. The European and national parliaments are told that they will simply be "informed" about activities of COSI, a committee of officials, which:

"will continue to monitor the EU's internal security and will retain a margin of flexibility to address unexpected or emerging threats to EU security...The increasing link between internal and external security will also require intensified cooperation between all actors involved, including in the field of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. COSI will seek complementarity, coherence and consistency in the development and implementation of EU internal security-related policies, including by reference to the external dimension and regional cooperation."

Neither of the following documents under COSI's remit are public - they are not Classified documents but LIMITE documents, that is not accessible to citizens and civil society:

Implementation of the Council conclusions setting priorities in the fight against organised crime for 2014 - 2017: identification of the relevant actors,(LIMITE doc no:11538-rev2-14, pdf): "Delegations will find in annex the table of relevant actors for the Policy Cycle crime priorities and are kindly invited to provide an update on their participation therein."

and Draft Council conclusions on the development of a renewed European Union Internal Security Strategy (LIMITE doc no: 14186-rev1-14, pdf)

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