Publication
8 Jan 2014
This commentary offers four legal arguments against the idea that the covert, large-scale surveillance programs of member states go beyond the scope of EU intervention. The authors argue that the routine, unauthorized and mass capture of data for strategic surveillance puts the very nature of open societies and democratic rule of law at risk and constitutes a systematic and persistent breach of the Union’s values. Consequently, supranational monitoring of member state activities may be the only way forward.
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Author | Sergio Carrera, Elspeth Guild, Joanna Parkin |
Series | CEPS Commentaries |
Publisher | Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |
Copyright | © 2014 Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |