Brussels, 23/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 21 June, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the outlines and competences of the future European border guard and coastguard agency (see EUROPE 11578).
Based on the experience of the existing agency Frontex, the new agency will have reinforced resources by means of a permanent reserve of 1500 border guards and may carry out vulnerability assessments on the ability of member states to manage the external...