Policy Paper on Police cooperation

Since 1999 Europol has gone from a hub facilitating intergovernmental cooperation between EU Member States to a fullyfledged EU agency During this period the agency has been a paradigm for different models of cooperation and an area where countries integrate at a different speed The new regulation adopted in 2016 increased Europols powers but also allowed the European Parliament to exercise greater scrutiny In this framework Member States are positioning themselves in 2015 the Danes voted to leave the agency the UK will also need to find ways to stay closely associated