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Parliamentary question - E-004226/2019Parliamentary question
E-004226/2019

Closer cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Group

Question for written answer E-004226/2019
to the Commission
Rule 138
Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL)

The European Union wants to establish even closer cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG). The CTG is part of the informal Club de Berne, which brings together representatives of the intelligence services and state protection authorities from 30 Schengen countries. For four years CTG members have regularly been invited to Justice and Home Affairs Council meetings, which are also attended by representatives of the Commission and the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator. Europol has organised a number of high-level meetings and two joint counter-terrorism exercises with the CTG. Under the Lisbon Treaty, however, the EU has no mandate to cooperate with intelligence services.

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