08/02/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 8 February, the European Parliament approved by a large majority (568 votes for, 45 against, with 12 abstentions), the Council of the EU's negotiating mandate on the proposal to create a centralised 'ECRIS-TCN' that will help to rapidly check whether a member state has information on the convictions of a third country national (see EUROPE 11919). The plenary vote was requested by the ENF and EFDD groups. Parliament's civil liberties committee (LIBE)...