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Guy Vehofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament, welcomes the call of the Commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, for the creation of a European Intelligence Agency. It should not be an idea to be implemented in the long term but as soon as possible. ALDE urges the Home Affairs and Interior ministers, meeting today in Brussels, to take immediate measures to strengthen Europe´s anti-terrorism capacity and to support the setting up of a fully fledged European intelligence agency to fight against borderless terrorism. This European agency should be subject to a democratic oversight. Mandatory Exchange of information between Member States and their national state security agencies is a key priority.

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