The ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union adopted, on Wednesday 30 June, their mandate to review the powers of the police cooperation agency, Europol, and to bring it more in line with the operational needs of national authorities, as requested by the European Commission in December(see EUROPE B12619A14). They are therefore in a position to start negotiations with the European Parliament.
On 8 June, the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council had indicated in a progress...