The European police college Cepol and the EU police agency Europol both formally rejected on Tuesday (7 May) a proposal by the European Commission to merge the two in a cost cutting measure.
Both agency chiefs and their boards expressed opposition to the idea at a hearing organised at the European Parliament in Brussels.
They argue the two agencies’ core mandates do not overlap though they co-operate on some training issues relevant to serious crime.
Europol says the merge...
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