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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11682

6 December 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha
European Parliament committee approves new rules to strengthen counter-terrorism arrangements
Brussels, 05/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 5 December, the European Parliament's civil liberties committee (LIBE) approved – by 37 votes in favour, 4 against and 7 abstentions – the compromise found with the Slovak Presidency of the EU Council on 17 November on the counter-terrorism directive (EUROPE 11672).  The MEPs backed this draft directive, which among other things aims to punish, throughout the EU, assistance in the preparation of acts of terrorism.

This directive is aimed at preventing attacks by...

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