SECTORAL POLICIES / Terrorism

EPP and ALDE groups at European Parliament highlight need to set up special committee

Brussels, 07/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 7 June, the presidents of the EPP and ALDE groups in Parliament, Manfred Weber from Germany and Guy Verhofstadt from Belgium, called for a special parliamentary committee to be set up on terrorism, in an effort to examine dysfunctions affecting information exchanges between member states.

The idea of an investigation committee or special committee is nothing new. It was mooted by the EPP group in January 2017 (see EUROPE 11704) but it is taking some time to set up. The talk is...