Brussels, 01/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 30 November, the Civil Liberties Committee at the European Parliament, approved the toughening up of Europol powers, so that the police cooperation agency would be better armed in tackling terrorism, cybercrime and other forms of criminality.
These new rules on governance were subject to a preliminary inter-institutional agreement and come with strong data protection safeguards and democratic oversight. According to an EP press release, the...