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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9646

19 April 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Member states extends Europol's powers

Luxemburg, 18/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Police Office (Europol), which is seen as the embryonic beginnings of a future European police force, will, in 2010, become an EU Agency and have increased powers to act against cross-border crime. EU Interior Ministers, meeting in Luxemburg on Friday 18 April, reached political agreement on a proposal for a Council decision to replace the 1995 convention setting up Europol and extend its mandate. “Europol will become a fully fledged EU...

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