Next round in the construction of an EU state<\/strong> SitCen: Solana\u2019s secret service foyer<\/strong> Mobile data \u2013 towards the EU Information Alliance<\/strong> Europol: the difficulties of police centralism<\/strong> Police, soldiers and gendarmes<\/strong> The German military on pirate hunt<\/strong> Transatlantic cooperation against civil liberties<\/strong> The commercial aspect of Germany\u2019s security architecture<\/strong> 129a procedure against \u201cAK Origami\u201d<\/strong> Turkey on its way to Schengen<\/strong> Focus: EU security architecture Next round in the construction of an EU state by Heiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cilip-091","category-summaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nby Heiner Busch and Peer Stolle<\/strong>
\nThe report of the informal Future Group from June 2008 is the blueprint for the next five year programme of the EU\u2019s home affairs policy. The group continued to build on the existing agenda towards the construction of an EU state: it wants to continue cementing the external borders, expand FRONTEX and Europol and not only do away with barriers to the information exchange between police forces, but also to the operational cooperation across internal borders. The abolition of the separation of police and military is not viewed as a problem by Europe\u2019s executive powers. And data protection is used by them as a legitimising veneer for the extension of state surveillance.<\/p>\n
\nby Heiner Busch<\/strong>
\nThe Joint Situation Centre (SitCen) is located right inside the offices of the General Secretary of the EU Council and forms part of the EU\u2019s military and foreign political structures. Analysts from various Member States\u2019 internal and external intelligence services take part in SitCen\u2019s two secret service units \u2013 the Civil Intelligence Cell (since 2002) and the Counter Terrorism Cell (since 2005).<\/p>\n
\nby Eric T\u00f6pfer<\/strong>
\nAs the Hague Programme comes to an end in 2009, the development of cross-border information exchange enters a new round. With the \u201cprinciple of availability\u201d introduced in 2004, the EU had initiated a paradigmatic shift that facilitated networking between national databases. The newest aim is the \u201cconvergence\u201d of platforms in order to enable cooperation in real time. Data protection is the new paradigm\u2019s collateral damage.<\/p>\n
\nby Heiner Busch<\/strong>
\nEuropol shall become the \u201cgenuine information platform for Member States\u201d, the Future Group envisages in its report from June 2008. The continual return of such formulas shows the enduring scepticism of national police authorities towards this centralised construct. The group has not posed the fundamental question, whether a centralised apparatus that collects highly sensitive data was not a mistake from the very moment of its conception.<\/p>\n
\nby Mark Holzberger<\/strong>
\nWhen it comes to its police missions abroad, the EU is particularly interested in police forces with a military status, that are suited for \u201crobust\u201d operations in unsafe situations and that can be subjected to military command. The Future Group therefore wants to test the transposition of the European Gendarmerie Force into EU law. The separation of police and military will be lost in this transition.<\/p>\n
\nby Mark Holzberger<\/strong>
\nThe EU naval force operation ATALANTA off the Somali coast makes use of German soldiers rather than federal police officers. The German involvement takes place on the non-explicit but implied premise that pirates intercepted by the Federal Army will not be brought to Germany for criminal prosecution. The interior ministry fears that they could not be deported again because of the situation in Somalia.<\/p>\n
\nby Martin Beck<\/strong>
\nSince the attacks of 11 September 2001, cooperation between the EU and the US has become significantly closer. Up to today, six agreements have been made, amongst others, legalising the exchange of data which the USA had already accessed without permission before. Particularly dangerous appears to be the transatlantic cooperation of intelligence services in the framework of the \u201calliance base\u201d.<\/p>\nNon-thematic articles:<\/h4>\n
\nby Volker Eick<\/strong>
\nUntil now, all attempts to legalise the role of private security services have faltered. Nevertheless, in practice, private security services have grown enormously and become part and parcel of Germany\u2019s \u201csecurity architecture\u201d, amongst others by way of partnerships with the police during traffic controls, in certain city districts, or at mass events.<\/p>\n
\nby Daniel W\u00f6lky<\/strong>
\nIn 2006, the Federal Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office combined preliminary investigations into four arson attempts against the military and several armament factories in an anti-terrorist procedure under Article 129a of the German Criminal Code (terrorist organisation). Almost the whole repertoire of secret police methods was applied against the targeted left-wing activists. The proceedings were stopped in July 2008 for lack of evidence. They were nevertheless useful for, amongst others, the criminalisation of the protests against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm.<\/p>\n
\nby Emre Ertem<\/strong>
\nThe EU will only grant freedom of movement to Turkish workers when Turkey fulfils the criteria of the Schengen acquis. To facilitate EU accession, Turkey is therefore trying to close down its south-eastern borders against unwanted immigration. Amongst others, it is planning \u201creception centres\u201d for around 5.000 asylum seekers and is creating a new paramilitary border police force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"