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The Turco report raises the issue of control of Europol. So too do the initiatives by the Danish and Greek Governments. The report argues for the latter to be rejected, however. It emerges from all this that there is no democratic control of Europol. This is not at all remarkable, as there is no democratic control over any national police force.
In this respect as in many others, the European Union is a mere juxtaposition of states. The European institutions simply replicate the lack of democratic control of state institutions. Representatives are indeed elected, but I would challenge the House to name a Member State of the European Union in which elected institutions exercise real control over the police and the army hierarchy, or a State where the population as a whole exercises such control, which is far more important.
There have been some attempts at proposals to change the situation, but these are doomed to failure. In such circumstances, the European Parliament is reduced to manifesting its impotence. We therefore abstained on this report."@en1
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