Tenth progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL

European commission
Brussels, 7.9.2017

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I. INTRODUCTION This is the tenth monthly report on the progress made towards building an effective and genuine Security Union and covers developments under two main pillars: tackling terrorism and organised crime and the means that support them; and strengthening our defences and building resilience against those threats. In recent weeks, Europe has once again been hit by a number of terrorist attacks. On 9 August 2017, a car was driven into a military patrol vehicle in Levallois-Perret, Paris and injured 6 soldiers. On 17 August 2017, in Barcelona, a van was used to kill 15 people and injure more than a hundred on Las Ramblas. On 18 August 2017, a man stabbed ten people in Turku, Finland and two of them died. On 25 August 2017, a man attacked soldiers with a knife in Brussels and injured two. On the same day, a man attacked policemen in front of Buckingham Palace in London with a sword. These attacks once again highlight the vital importance of fighting violent extremism and...
 
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