Tag: France
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Planned EU biometrics system turns into disaster: Delay of six months may lead to massive follow-up problems
With the Entry/Exit System, the EU member states want to create a huge database with fingerprints and facial images. Nothing will come of this for the time being. A phased implementation is also not very realistic. The introduction of a…
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EU Entry/Exit System: Germany scrubs repeatedly postponed launch again
The stability and functionality of the EU’s huge biometric database still cannot be tested. The German government adjourns the launch of the system for an undetermined period of time. The full introduction of the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES), which…
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Frontex expands aerial surveillance: More deployments of planes, drones and surveillance satellites
The EU border agency is increasingly passing on the coordinates of refugee boats to neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean. This also includes the Coast Guard in Libya. A whistleblower now reports on these incidents. Frontex is monitoring the Mediterranean and…
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Charges brought against “Monk of Lützerath”: French activist faces German court after police parody
The German Public Prosecutor’s Office claims to have tracked down the cowled man who made people around the world smile with his performance at a climate protest. One policeman is said to have suffered a haematoma after this. The Public…
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Italy wants to stop counter-surveillance across the Mediterranean, but Sea-Watch defies the ban
In 2017, the EU Commission created a backdoor for pushbacks to Libya. In the same year, Sea-Watch began monitoring these human rights violations from the air. This should now come to an end, according to an authority of the far-right…
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Almost 600 right-wing extremists remain in hiding in Germany, while 94 people are wanted as “left-wing”
In the area of politically motivated crime, the German Police has outstanding arrest warrants for a total of 1,814 people. However, most of these persons are not wanted for political offences. The number of neo-Nazis wanted by warrant in Germany…