ALL-SEEING EYE? Concerns Mount as EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen Wants To Set up Her Own Intelligence ‘Cell’ Despite Resistance From Member States | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran
VDL wants to keep an eye on all of us.
Around Europe, many worry that European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen (VDL), unpopular as she is, is still engaged in mutating the EU into a superstate overriding the national sovereignties, including having its own Stasi-KGB-style intel service.
It will surprise no one to learn that the new plan has drawn meaningful pushback, over fears of duplicating existing EU intelligence bodies, encroaching on national sovereignty, and complicating sensitive information-sharing among member states.
European nations – notably France – are by essence protective of their intelligence autonomy.
But spearheading initiatives that no one agrees with is a distinct feature of VDL’s controversial work as EU commissioner.
Reuters reported:
“The European Commission is considering setting up a dedicated intelligence cell to strengthen security amid geopolitical difficulties, an EU spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the initiative is still at an early stage.
‘We are in a challenging geopolitical and geoeconomic environment, and the Commission, because of this, is examining how to strengthen its security and intelligence capabilities’, the spokesperson said.”
The groundwork is being laid for this ‘new intelligence coordination cell in Brussels’.
Politico reported:
“The initiative is still at a ‘very early, conceptual stage’, but the plan reflects a wider effort to bolster the EU executive’s security and intelligence functions, Commission spokespeople Balazs Ujvari and Paula Pinho told reporters.
The new body would build on existing expertise, complementing the work of the Commission’s Security Directorate and coordinating closely with the European External Action Service. The cell will be small in scale and will focus on coordination rather than duplication, the spokespeople said.”
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