ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the extent to which Prm undermines the process of Europeanization, focusing on its goals and instruments. It argues that the essential element of the Prm Treaty is that it counters the principle of availability and provides that data remains the property of the state where it is collected. At the core of the Prm Treaty is an opposition to the view, held by many, that the European level should be predominant in security-related debates. The Prm Convention endorses the view that terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration are the central threats to the security of the signatories. And yet the Prm Convention conflates categories terrorism, organized crime and illegal immigration whose definition and demarcations are contentious. The BdL network is of different nature and has different functions than the NCP system, as provided by the Prm Convention. The Treaty of Prm undermines the European Union's (EU's) ability to become an efficient policymaking body in the field of security.
