Tag: EU Council
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A letter from hell: EU Commission President outlines new border surveillance for North Africa
The EU is paying hundreds of millions of euros this year to “partner countries” Libya, Egypt and Tunisia for border surveillance. The announcement came just days after the shipwreck off Pylos. Since December 1, 2019, former German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been President of the European Commission. She is also responsible for […]
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„AI Act“: Germany in favour of facial recognition, against lie detectors
In Brussels, governments and parliament discuss a law on artificial intelligence The German government is committed to improving facial recognition procedures throughout the EU with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Such systems should admittedly not be able to be used by the police in real time. In investigations, however, the authorities should be allowed […]
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After years of EU funding: Maritime emergency centre in Libya “not operational”
Since 2017, the EU has invested in one project alone at least €57 million to counter migration from Libya. The Brussels backers also are worried about their reputation. Since the so-called “migration crisis”, the European Union has been investing in increased surveillance of Libya’s maritime borders. In 2017, Italy was tasked with installing a maritime […]
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Police agreement: Europol to exchange biometric data with Israel
Israeli authorities are to be allowed to process and interlink personal information from the EU using “automated procedures”. According to a draft, this would even be possible in the territories occupied after 1967, although the so-called territorial clause excludes this. Five years ago, EU member states gave the Commission a mandate to start negotiations for […]