On Monday 6 November, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE) will give its views on a new raft of measures to combat terrorism, including new warnings in the Schengen Information System (SIS).
Proposed by the European Commission at the end of 2016 (see EUROPE 11694), these initiatives aim to make SIS more effective in detecting terror threats. It is suggested that the member states introduce new categories of alerts, particularly for terror-related crimes. The...