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German police instructed Tunisia and Egypt on internet surveillance prior to revolutions
The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) instructed the authorities of multiple North African and Middle Eastern countries in internet surveillance in the years running up to the Arab Spring, according to information released by the German government following… Further reading
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Implementing the “solidarity clause”: EU secret service to be reinforced?
The “solidarity clause”, known more formally as Article 222 of the Lisbon Treaty, regulates the use of police, secret service and military means in case of a crisis within the EU. The EU Commission and the EU High Representative for… Further reading
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With false documents against “Euro-anarchists”: Exchange of Anglo-German undercover police highlights controversial operations
Examination of several recently exposed cases suggests that the main targets of police public order operations are anti‐globalisation networks, the climate change movement and animal rights activists. The internationalisation of protest has brought with it an increasing number of controversial… Further reading
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The EU Security-Industrial Complex
Interview with Ben Hayes about his book “NeoConOpticon” On the occasion of the current Swedish EU Council Presidency, on 29-30 September 2009, the Fourth European Security Research Conference takes place in Stockholm. This “major component in the evolution of civil… Further reading
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Turn off the Stockholm Programme!
Campaign against the next five-years plan for EU homeland affairs Following Tampere 1999 and Hague 2004, the EU plans to decide the next five-year plan on “Justice and Home Affairs” (JHA) this year. After the implementation of data retention and… Further reading
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Social Movements Against the Global Security Architecture!
A Critique of the Militarisation of Social Conflict and the Securitisation of Everyday Life Assessment of the Strategy Papers of the ‘Future Group’ (on the future of EU Home Affairs policies) and the ‘new strategic directions’ of NATO, put forward… Further reading