Following the terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, citizens wrote to the European Parliament expressing their deepest rejection of these acts of terrorism. Citizens also asked the EU institutions to adopt new measures to combat and prevent these crimes.
Many European countries have been affected by terrorism in one form or another. The heinous terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015 in Paris demonstrated once again the challenge of the fight against terrorism and of the prevention of these crimes, while safeguarding citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms.
EU counter-terrorism strategy
The fight against terrorism is principally a national competence. However, the European Union supports Member States’ efforts in several ways. The EU counter-terrorism strategy is based on four strands: prevent, protect, pursue and respond. The EU also stresses the importance of dialogue with its international partners.
The European Parliament continuously gives its input towards a joint EU strategy for fighting extremism. On 25 November 2015, the Members of the European Parliament held the key debate of the November plenary session on the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. MEPs urged Member States to strengthen security and invest in the skills and technology needed to fight terrorism, instead of allowing our freedoms and tolerance to be undermined. Further information is available in the video recording of the debate, and in the relevant press release.
Prevention of radicalisation
In its resolution of 25 November 2015 on the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations, the European Parliament proposes, amongst others, setting up an EU blacklist of jihadists and jihadist terrorist suspects. It stresses the need for a common definition of foreign fighters to permit criminal proceedings against them when they return to the EU and calls on Member States to ensure that foreign fighters are put under judicial control and, if necessary, in administrative detention upon their return to Europe until due judicial prosecution takes place. More information is also available in an EP press release on this subject.
New counter-terrorism powers for Europol
At the end of November, the Parliament and the Council agreed on new governance rules for the EU police agency Europol in order to step up efforts to fight terrorism, cybercrime and other criminal offences and respond faster, as explained in the Parliament press release of 30 November 2015.
MEPs have ensured that Europol’s new powers will go hand in hand with increased data protection safeguards and parliamentary scrutiny. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) will be responsible for monitoring Europol’s work and there will be a clear complaints procedure under EU law for citizens. To ensure democratic control, Europol’s work will be overseen by a Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group with members from both national parliaments and the European Parliament.
European Agenda on Security (2015-2020)
On 28 April 2015, the Commission presented its new European Agenda on Security 2015-2020, aiming to facilitate cooperation among Member States in the fight against terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime. In order to implement this security agenda, the European Commission tabled, on 2 December 2015, a proposal for a directive on terrorism, which aims to close criminal enforcement gaps in the EU legal framework. The proposed directive criminalises preparatory acts such as training and travelling abroad for terrorist purposes, as well as aiding or abetting, inciting and attempting terrorist acts. The European Commission also adopted an action plan to step up the fight against criminals and terrorists accessing and using weapons and explosives through a reinforced control of illicit possession and import to the EU. More information on these proposals is available in the corresponding Commission press release and the Commission fact sheet.
Further information
More details on this subject are available on the European Parliament’s webpage on the Passenger Name Record (PNR) and the fight against terrorism.
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) published a briefing on ‘Global terrorism: trends in 2014/2015‘ in November 2015.
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Visit the European Parliament page on ‘The EU’s fight against terrorism‘.
In your agenda you forget to add an appoitment Spain Gran Canarya and incluided this person from years in a life that they have arrested by their own benefits and investigation without interrogatorie with a turn on over Abbas, or Iraq, pushing Arabia Saudia. Its not really fair. How the terrorism term is going to be change 360º. Right now.
Good they have given Arabia Saudi Emirates Egypt and the line of Zionist Israel on top with the CIA. Its not fair such shareholder to give the death by poison sickness poloniun 210 by illuminates and services intelligents Spanish Canarien with U.S and to be supported by UK. Its not fair to use Frances with the unity in the turmoil”. To use and kick out in fraude of the Tyranes for recover the crisis. Today the question to the President Mariano Rajoy with President Barak Obama and his staff in the pentagone. Why arrest and kill when Amina and Fatima Zahra “· I” well known by sheikha Maryam Aleman. What happend with the offenses and pass as crazy,loca? Sales are shamefull, their increment of economy is total illegal. They are the onces who make start to be SUICIDE. His interception by NSA and promotion of to be drug.Perhaps all we know what U.S cia and services intelligents how they poisoned me whiles used the name and stress ” PAY AMINA” blame that i am Shia or sunie without division. Leaving how they use the feeling religions for open a book of bloodline and give LUTO black days to alls, and to be so genuines in make down all, passing to the society in this equal implementation. Surely we dont know who is the terrorist American and Spain that support the corruption of elite, working in the minitery of defenses of those EU States.- Its not fair and the average of violation law. Neither those Governments has repaired or arrange anything just to the circus in the Congress, Madrid. The spring to States Islamic may to be ended by U.S and to stop liers of being the protector or seek for careers of the woman, with this background. How they make concealment to nation union and full manipulation of the real status of my person?. The liers came with a True that today members EU, start to have several questions to those associetes.
One why what i complaint is nothing? why they filled this case so important where they ” Eat” and mind control media control with ambite lucrative, that take another victim after?. Celebrites and all together with 13 and grade 33, start to seek the change in the reality. This is the reality. Every day from years his calls behind and manipulation in all the affairs, Give loneliness and take visible victims that after OBAMA and move to whom he rewards or promiss a sabotage of payments for a such illegal cooperation.-
NOT ONE” To apply the law, Nothing. But what I will receive and what he will push…its turn on over ” This shia” and spring to Iran Iraq Siria, with serious matter incluided in the bords. Pushing outside of my home land or in Kuwait or wherever i am…and push the people out of their territories”.
Whats he is making that all we are alls and CIA is nothing and services intelligents in Gran Canary his patner in Spain shareholders are so genuines”.- Who they are to process illegal with this citizen? Who they are to movilise the Al Amir of the State of Kuwait, by illegal interprises or members conected to the Goverment in full propaganda with my person?.- To whom they are the zionist U.S to keep his position as services intelligents and control in this form their benefitis? Whats type of talent is to attack not only the law of Christians or Islamic, putting me as “BICH”?.
Sirs the affair of attacks in Paris or others in this background, carefully with the issues to solve that until now apparently we lacks in the same. Its a shame to feel shame when I EU. His manipulation that i am islamic extremist whiles he sales as drunker person of Wine”. What you speak about the terrorism?.
Are you sure that Government are not receiving important % for bomb blaster? who is the responsable Sirs of this struggle, working mind spionage and emotions. Whats is the procedure so penal that you allow to them being Nation Union and to pass another woman and montages in the Emirates Arabs, with fakes allegations of the whats U.S has made at State of Kuwait?. If there is any person who may be in TV and the unique person who may declare and to be accept being a Victim So princess and so of BICH in white and black with full offenses expanded by the NSA. Them to be sure Sirs. This is my person.
I will not allow more Dam incluided the support of the Oil Owners,I will not.- I will not allow the assasination in make sickness disability in wheelchairs and to make a mirrow of homicides, This equal implementation well sure, Start the humanity to stand up. Surely they have been on the streets broken the States by the Same Cia. Then i am not a revolutionary person or antimonarchy or whats a services intelligents American JEWS with his David and Jesus propaganda, hurt incluided his own people”.
Them the affairs of the terrorism, May start to be clear and those wars in this background with the threath to my person and pressures to me, taking victim my humble family. Carefully what they are sharing in Gran Canary Government with a person that not give dialogue and faces from years being conected NSA making dramas films songs, manipulation to your “TIE”. I am still alive hopefully before to pass away to end the responsable that apparently the President allow the major fraude from his services intelligents.
Its not fair. From 2013 until 2016 how the zionis get out of the crisis? To whom has given assasination and conspirances in full manipulation in consfiscation politics and militaries? U.S may start to solve this matter from years with your promotion “David” Jesus” Apparently very antihuman. Yes i am alive and they knows how they make a sick bag until the death with the Shut up”. How that i am terrorist being sheikha Mariam St Mary mother of Jesus, in your propaganda to request benefitis and give contracts security to Goverment or seek in Oil owners full negotiations..What treat and what liers conected in manipulation and spionage with a WEDDING FAKE PROPAGANDA? Why turn on over Ali or others individuals toward colectives? Do they have any legacy the State of Kuwait with U.S and Spain with my person?. The insults and offenses and blame that i am muslim. Its going to have serious consecuences. Such as the prostitutes and promotion made in disregards and blame who i am, What is the CIA with his colegues illuminites, muslim or christian a chain crook people. Am i their black?. What sales illegal has done and how they remove to give my life to another or to turn on their life over me, in whats is forbidden for Muslim?. Who is responsable of the Genocide zionist? who is responsable of bom blaster, that i am all”
Is intolerable military scam by U.S Product search, antiterrorism CIA in cooperation. State pacts in Spanish . Using an international constitutional criminal procedure hostage taking my person in the State of Kuwait imprisoning and serious offenses, attacking the monarchy which the same pact to such dangerous practices. I am EU region Las Palmas.Canary. Its unjustificable the increment of economy given Death to a civil citizen and ruin”. Whats is your true in propaganda international?
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