Justice
Minister participates in the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU, in
Brussels
The Minister of
Justice and Public Order, Mr. Ionas Nicolaou, departs today, Wednesday March
11, 2015, to Brussels, in order to participate in the deliberations of the Justice and Home Affairs
Council of the EU.
The Ministers are going to deal with the course of the measures taken for the fight against terrorism, as a follow-up
to the agreed statement of the 12th February by the Leaders of the EU
member-states and the Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the EU, in the
framework of the Informal Council held in Riga, last January. The measures reinforce the coordination amongst
member-states and mainly concern the implementation of a more effective control
of the EU external borders, the fight
against terrorist propaganda spread through the internet, the fight against
illegal firearms trade and also enhance the data exchange amongst the law
enforcement authorities.
During the second day of the deliberations, the Ministers are also going to discuss the matter of radicalization in
detention centres and the relevant preventative measures.
In addition, the Ministers are
going to elaborate on
the Proposal for a Regulation on the protection
of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data (General Data Protection
Regulation) aiming at adopting a partial political agreement concerning the processing, keeping of a record and exchanging personal
data, in relation to the role and the responsibilities of the proposed European
Council for Personal Data Protection.
The Ministers are going
to exchange views on the progress of work performed on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's
Office, as well as, discuss the Proposal
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European
Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EUROJUST) relating to the
cooperation amongst member states. Additionally, they are going to discuss the Proposal
for a Directive on provisional legal aid in European
arrest warrant proceedings.
The Minisrter is going to return to Cyprus on
Saturday, 14th March.
