European Commission Creates New Intelligence Body
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It will be headed by Ursula von der Leyen.
The European Commission is creating an intelligence body to improve the efficiency of data sharing between the EU's national intelligence agencies.
The Financial Times writes about it.
The newly created unit, led by Ursula von der Leyen, will try to improve the use of information collected by national spy agencies. It will be formed within the Commission's general secretariat.
The plan is to recruit staff from across the EU intelligence community and collect intelligence information for common purposes, four people with knowledge of the plans said.
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump's warning of a possible reduction in U.S. support have forced the EU to rethink its own security capabilities and embark on its biggest rearmament since the Cold War.
"EU member states' intelligence services know a lot. The Commission knows a lot. We need a better way to bring it all together to be effective and useful to partners. In intelligence, you have to give something to get something," one of the interlocutors told the publication.
The idea is opposed by EU diplomatic services, which fear duplication of Intcen's powers and loss of control over sensitive information. Major states such as France and pro-Russian governments such as Hungary may resist the initiative.
The plan to create a new intelligence body in the EU has not been officially communicated to all 27 member states, but the aim is to recruit officers from national intelligence services to work in the new unit.
A spokesman for the European Commission told the Financial Times that the organization was "looking at how to strengthen its security and intelligence capabilities."
The creation of a special unit within the general secretariat is a possibility. The concept is being developed, no specific timeline has been set, and the unit would draw on the Commission's expertise and work closely with the European External Action Service.
The sharing of classified information between EU member states remains a sensitive topic. Large states such as France are cautious about sharing sensitive information, and pro-Russian governments such as in Hungary make cooperation even more difficult. EU capitals may resist creating new intelligence powers for Brussels.
There are concerns about Intcen's effectiveness, especially against the backdrop of Russia's hybrid warfare. The commission emphasizes that it has no plans to send agents into the field. The idea for the unit comes after von der Leyen's decision to create a "security college" for Commission commissioners to receive information on security and intelligence issues.
The first attempts to pool intelligence information in the EU began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Britain began agreeing on classified security assessments. The process subsequently became more institutionalized, covering all EU countries and was brought under the control of the EU diplomatic service in 2011.
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