Security and justice: establishing a European institute of Police studies. Initiative Spain

The committee adopted the report by Sérgio SOUSA PINTO (PES, P) rejecting the Spanish initiative under the consultation procedure. The report argued that there was a risk that the proposed institute would merely duplicate the work of the existing networks and agencies, in particular that of the European Police College, and would be expensive to set up. The committee also had reservations about the proposed legal basis for the initiative.�