EU commissioner: security environment is evolving rapidly, calls for applying effective measures

EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said that security environment is evolving rapidly, a matter that necessitates applying effective measures.

The BBC radio quoted Avramopoulos as saying in statements on Thursday that the security environment is evolving rapidly, adding "this is precisely why we need to keep tabs on all elements to deliver on a genuine and effective Security Union."

He added "our actions on the Security Union will have a real impact: From strengthening our information exchange, Europol and the Counter Terrorism Center, to making sure that Member States effectively implement all rules in the field of security, to reaching agreements soon on a number of key proposals in our fight against terrorism, but also proposing new measures later this autumn."

For his part, EU Commissioner for Security Union Julian King said "As we go forward building the Security Union, it is going to touch a whole lot of other areas because we are going to reinforce various pillars of activity."

He stressed the importance of efforts to close down the space in which terrorists, cyber criminals and serious criminals can work and act, to cut off the means that they use for their actions and that will involve work across a whole range of different bits of the Commission.

Source: MENA