The European Commission reported on the progress made towards an effective and genuine Security Union, calling on the European Parliament and the Council to finalize their work on priority security initiatives as a matter of urgency.
To maintain the positive momentum set by the EU Leaders at the informal meeting in Salzburg the report outlines the security initiatives that will be decisive for the completion of the Security Union before the upcoming European Parliament elections in May 2019. In this way, the report is a contribution to the discussions on internal security during the European Council on 18-19 October.
While a number of legislative proposals made by the Commission have now been approved, there are still many important files that need to be finalized as a matter of urgency before the European Parliament elections in May 2019. The Commission therefore calls for acceleration of this work and a swift adoption of the outstanding files, in particular, those identified in the Joint Declaration and the new measures proposed by President Juncker in his 2018 State of the Union Address: protecting europeans online, interoperability of EU information systems, fighting cross-border crime, and strengthening EU borders.
Original source: European Commission
Published on 10 October 2018
