National ambassadors to the EU took note on Tuesday 21 December of a progress report on the reform of the police cooperation agency Europol, whose mandate needs to be strengthened to meet the operational needs of Member States.
In particular, the reform proposal specifies cooperation with third countries and private actors, cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and Europol’s capacity both to propose the inclusion of alerts in the Schengen Information System (SIS) and...