The EU as a whole and its individual Member States are facing new, varied and complex security threats which are more international and increasingly cross-border in nature. Several legal, and practical tools have been put in place to fight terrorism and cross-border crime. In particular, information exchanges and operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities have been strengthened.
Prior-checking Opinion regarding the selection of confidential counsellors and informal procedures for cases of harassment at EIF (EDPS cases 2017-1042 and 2017-1043)
Prior Checking Opinion on security clearance procedure at the EFTA Surveillance Authority (Case 2017-1004)
EDPS Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and other documents
Prior Checking Opinion regarding the conduct of investigations by the Security Office of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (Case 2017-0216)
EDPS formal comments in response to the 'Cybersecurity Package' adopted by the Commission