Green light for powerful Europol

strasbourg - Europol may soon rigging faster teams to act against imminent terrorist attacks and cross-border crime. The European police organization gets more opportunities to remove hate messages and jihadist propaganda on the Internet.

The European Parliament Wednesday gave approval to new regulations that makes this possible. Europol may soon direct questions, for example a Facebook page managed by terrorist'S offline pick.

EU Member States are obliged to share information under the new regulation. An independent regulator should ensure that no abuse of personal data.

According to EU Commissioner responsible Dimitris Avromopoulos have shown the attacks in Paris and Brussels, which,, limited exchange of information is our Achilles heel. ' If the rules take effect next year, Europol will become an information hub,, '' for European police forces, he said.