ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on police cooperation in the European union (EU) in response to serious transnational crime, where they offer their expertise on the topic, mainly considered from an internal concept of EU security. It presents the institutional and procedural efforts made by the EU in ensuring a high level of security through measures that prevent and combat crime and through policies for active coordination and cooperation between police and judicial authorities and other competent authorities in the EU. The book deals with a very practical issue, that of budget and EU security. It analyses the challenge of reinvigoration of the completion of the integration process to achieve the Lisbon Agenda’s goal of becoming the world’s most competitive economy, while re-orienting the regulatory framework to monitor the financial system and identify potential risks and vulnerabilities.
