Pendulum Swings in between Civil Rights and Security: EU Policies against Terrorism in the Light of the PNR Cases
Pendulum Swings in between Civil Rights and Security: EU Policies against Terrorism in the Light of the PNR Cases

Summary/Abstract: The change in national and international security policies after 9/11 finds a ground not only in US policies but also those of the EU. The EU has chosen the way of harmonizing national legislation through activation of police and judicial cooperation whereby it has tried to contribute the integration. On the other hand, the EU is on the way of increasing its transatlantic ties. However, cooperation in fight against global terror and measures led to make the EU find itself in a dilemma as well as causing change in security perception. The required balance in between security need and civil liberties, particularly in terms of transatlantic cooperation, became the one of the most debatable issues in the EU. This study deals with the dilemma which the EU has experienced for in terms of counter-terrorism policies and with the balance between security and civil liberties, through the sample of PNR Case.

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