Terrorism: Europe: 'Concerted' pan-European anti-terrorism moves to fore
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The European Union (EU) is moving from "sharing information," "consultation" and "cooperation" against terrorism > to "concerted" action and united policy. This is the implication of a major staff article in Southeast European Times online.
Praising the British authorities for thwarting a major attack on US-bound airplanes, European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini called on Thursday (10 August) for stronger efforts in the fight against terrorism.Europe > Britain:
"Today's events show once more that terrorism is a continuous and global threat in Europe and in other parts of the world, which calls for a constant, concerted response from all European countries, institutions and peoples," Frattini, who is also the EU's justice, freedom and security commissioner, said in a statement.
He issued the statement hours after British police announced that they had foiled a terrorist plot that included multiple, simultaneous bombing attacks on airplanes flying between Britain and the United States.Britain, of course, is part of the EU, but is not a member of the European Economic Community (if memory serves), but now worldpolitical problems puts a vast new need for unity upon all of Europe: anti-terorisim, intelligence, security. This becomes a major factor in its own r+t, drawing Britain into the European integration process, despite being outside the economic community as such.
-- Politicarp
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