In a document presented on Thursday 3 December, the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament proposes strengthening the powers of Europol, the police cooperation agency, by giving it the right of initiative. In addition, the European Commission will present a counter-terrorism plan on 9 December, which will include a new remit for Europol.
The centre-right group wants to strengthen the agency’s ability to act in areas such as cybercrime and counter-terrorism coordination. It also...