ISBN : 9782296044890
SHIFTING GEAR : EUROPOL IN THE CONTEMPORARY POLICING ERA
Maruca Den Boer et Willy Bruggeman
Having presented the genealogy of Europo/, and thus the paradigm within which its representatives have developed their mission, mandate and strategy, this article then highlights a number of challenges this body nowfaces. The organizations legitimacy dificit is of prime importance. At the same time, shifts in national policing and law enforcementpradices are also having considerable impact upon Europols objectivesand working methods. Overal/, the articlepresents an inventory of the poliry shifts that Europol has experienced, before setting out different scenarios actors are currentlY envisaging as possible paths for thefuture.