The Achilles heel of EU Intelligence Interoperability

Intelligence reforms in France brought some changes to its intelligence infrastructure, but the state has been stabilised, and its counter terrorism operations succeeded to defeated radicalised elements. There are several oversight institutions that check performance and operational mechanism of law enforcement agencies. On 08 December 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron warned that police reforms can change attitude of the force. “I want to move quickly and concretely” he mentioned this in a letter to the police union. Later on a strict security law draft was introduced. In another letter to the Unity-SGP-FO police, President Macron said: “It is urgent to act to beef up the trust between the French and the police.” On 05 November 2020, the President said that his country was fighting “Islamist separatism, never Islam” A knife attack in Nice that killed three people, was blamed on a Tunisian migrant who had crossed into France. President Macron had expressed deep concern over the protests in some Muslim-majority countries. Later on President Macron announced new police reforms after numerous allegations of police brutality.