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May to extend information sharing, in a bid to prevent further terror attacks

Home Secretary Theresa May is reportedly set to back an EU counter-terrorism plan to extend information sharing, following the attacks in Brussels and Paris which exposed data gaps. If the proposal is backed, in future, police and border guards across the EU will be able to make a single search for terrorist suspects across national and European databases. Ministers will also examine how to close the information gap between the 26 countries within Europe’s passport-free zone and those outside it. The plan suggests a ‘roadmap to enhance information exchange and information management’ and was drawn up in response to an emergency ministerial meeting in March, which took place after the Brussels attacks, where 35 people were killed and over 300 injured. May is expected to endorse the plan in a meeting with her 27 counterparts in Luxembourg on Friday 10 June.

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