A European intelligence agency would take too long to set up and distract from the urgent work currently needed to tackle terrorism, said the European Commission.
Julian King, the EU commissioner for security, told reporters on Thursday (7 September) that terrorists won't wait for the removal of all the political and legislative barriers before such an agency could be established.
"I have to tackle the problems that we face right now. The terrorists are not waiting for us to revie...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.