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EU-PNR: Mass surveillance legislation creeps closer: leaked compromise text
According to Politico, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU are close to an agreement on the Passenger Name Record Directive, which would require the mass surveillance of air travel as a first step towards the surveillance of all mass transport. Read More
FRANCE: Climate summit and protests during a state of emergency
"As Le Monde observed and as the Human Right League denounced, the state of emergency is being used to harass ecological activists and to block demonstrations denouncing the irresponsibility of governments facing climate change and Read More
Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (30.11.15)
- EU-TURKEY: Talking Turkey: €3 billion to control migration In the days leading up to the EU-Turkey summit that EU Council President Tusk said would "change the rules of the game when it comes to Read More
EU-TURKEY: Talking Turkey: €3 billion to control migration
In the days leading up to the EU-Turkey summit that EU Council President Tusk said would "change the rules of the game when it comes to stemming the migration flow," the Commission issued its Decision Read More
EU: Data Protection Regulation: more trilogue documents
Statewatch is publishing more documents from the Council of the EU on the negotiations over the new Data Protection Regulation, currently the subject of trilogue discussions between the Council, the Parliament and the Commission. The Read More
News Digest: Round-up of news stories from across the EU (5 items, 1.12.15)
FRANCE: Security major issue in French regional election campaigns after Paris attacks (RFI, link): "The 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris have put the issue of security into the campaign for the upcoming regional elections, Read More
‘Foreign Terrorist Fighters’: Criminalising stay in a terrorist territory? An evaluation in light of criminal law, human rights and public international law parameters
Executive summary of a study published by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security: "The central question in this research is to what extent can appropriate criminalization of voluntary stay in a territory controlled by Read More
EU: The European Counter-Terrorism Centre: proposed powers and information systems
In October the Justice and Home Affairs Council sought to boost Europol's counter-terrorism work. This note contains an overview by Europol on "progress concerning counter terrorism related information exchange, and in particular Focal Point (FP) Read More
Commission registers call for EU sanctions on Hungary
"The European Commission registered Monday (30 November) a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) calling for a procedure against Hungary over alleged breaches of EU fundamental values. The decision, mainly based on legal grounds, was taken while Read More
GREECE-TURKEY: PRESS RELEASE: No More Lives Lost in the Aegan Sea!
"The undersigned organizations call on the EU and the Greek Government: • to develop sufficient and effective resettlement programmes for refugees from third countries to the territory of European countries • to develop refugee relocation Read More