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EU to appoint anti-terror âtsarâ
Concern over European security is high after the Madrid bombingsEuropean Union ministers have agreed to appoint a single official to co-ordinate the anti-terrorism work of member states. I say promote the Fisheries Minister. If he can apply his anti-fish policy to terrorists, the war will be won in double quick time. (Although we would lose the joke about his name). They have also asked the EUâs foreign policy and security chief, Javier Solana, to draw up proposals on how to improve the sharing of intelligence. Not telling the French, for one. However, a proposal to create an EU-wide intelligence agency was rejected. because it would involve the French This seems to be the new European way of combatting terrorism - hit them with what Europe excels at: bureaucracy. [snip rest of article which is boring.] Posted by: A 2004-03-19 |
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