Schlagwort: Treaty of Amsterdam
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Schengen Information System: Largest European police database now with Ireland
Presumably because of the Corona pandemic, queries to Europe’s largest wanted persons database have dropped drastically. Irish authorities now also participate in the system, but are only allowed to process about a third of the wanted persons entered there. On Monday, Ireland joined the Schengen Information System (SIS II). This makes the Republic a participant […]
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Privileged third country: EU security cooperation with Great Britain after Brexit
British authorities continue to participate in many EU instruments in the area of justice and home affairs, and cooperation in some cases even goes further than with the Schengen states Norway, Iceland or Switzerland. The exit from Europol and the Schengen Information System could strengthen the secret services. With its withdrawal from the European Union, […]