Brussels, 23/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - A special report by the NGO Statewatch claims that the Union's plans to combat violence on the fringe of European Councils and other international meetings are of a nature to: 1) give control to operations to the newly-created EU "Task Force of Chief of Police Officers", which has no legal basis for its activities; 2) create mechanisms for "operational" cooperation for which there are no legal powers; 3) legitimise the ongoing surveillance by "police...