Brussels, 11 May 2017

Today, the President of Eurojust, Ms Michèle Coninsx, presented the Eurojust Annual Report 2016 at a hearing of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (LIBE Committee), followed by a question and answer session with LIBE Committee members on topics ranging from radicalisation, freezing and confiscation, the European Arrest Warrant, harmonisation of legislation, and complementarity with other agencies.

Ms Coninsx highlighted the operational, strategic and tactical work of Eurojust. The year 2016 has been challenging in the security context. Eurojust has stepped up its activities to counter terrorism, cybercrime and serious organised crime, including illegal immigrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings. To do so, Eurojust connects and cooperates with practitioners’ networks, the centres at Europol and its network of judicial contact points in third States. Eurojust was involved in the judicial response to all the terrorist attacks in 2016, ensuring speedy mutual legal assistance in 2 306 cases, support to 148 joint investigation teams and assistance with the execution of more than three hundred European Arrest Warrants. Three hundred cases involved third States.

Ms Coninsx said: ‘Eurojust is a bridge-maker and trusted partner of the Member States, the EU institutions, other agencies and international organisations. Security demands both actions and reactions. Eurojust ensures quick reactions to crimes and criminal networks. I wish to thank the European Parliament for their financial and moral support.’

The Eurojust Annual Report is now available in English, and all 24 official EU language versions will be on our website in late summer.

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Note to readers: Due to maintenance in preparation for the move to the new Eurojust premises, the Eurojust website will not be available on 13 and 14 May 2017. We apologise for any inconvenience.

​The Hague, 8 September 2014

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Eurojust is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Klaus Meyer-Cabri as the National Member for Germany at Eurojust. In accordance with Article 2(1) of the Eurojust Decision, Mr Meyer-Cabri’s appointment is subject to approval by the Secretary General of the Council of the European Union. Mr Meyer-Cabri officially took up his duties at Eurojust on 1 September.

Following his appointment, Mr Meyer-Cabri said: ‘When I began working in Brussels, one of my first dossiers was the initial Eurojust regulation establishing this very organisation. Therefore, it is not only an honour to join Eurojust, but also a real personal pleasure to continue my intensive EU and international work with an organisation that has proved to create added value in the fight against serious cross-border and organised crime. I am very much looking forward to working with my colleagues from the other 27 National Desks to continue and enhance the German contribution to Eurojust’s success story. I am delighted to be based in the Netherlands, which is a second home to me, and especially in The Hague, as The Hague is the International City of Peace and Justice.’

Throughout his career, Mr Meyer-Cabri has made an important contribution to fostering and improving legal cooperation among the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Member States of the European Union. Mr Meyer-Cabri has been employed at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection since 1996, where he was the Head of the EU Coordination Division, following which he became Head of the Office for EU Justice Policy and International Cooperation. Additionally, he has a strong interest in the protection of intellectual property, resulting from his work with the International Section of the Patent and Trademark Office. As a junior lawyer, Mr Meyer-Cabri served at the Office of Public Prosecution in Berlin, focusing on drug-related crime.

Significantly, Mr Meyer-Cabri has gathered a great deal of international experience due to his many years as a Legal Councillor at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels, where he was heavily involved in the preparatory work to establish Eurojust.

In 2013, the German National Desk at Eurojust registered 32 bilateral and 21 multilateral cases, and attended 14 bilateral and 51 multilateral coordination meetings.

Photo © Eurojust: A high-resolution photograph of Mr Meyer-Cabri is available from the above contact at Eurojust

​The Hague, 8 September 2014

EN  /  DE

Eurojust is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Klaus Meyer-Cabri as the National Member for Germany at Eurojust. In accordance with Article 2(1) of the Eurojust Decision, Mr Meyer-Cabri’s appointment is subject to approval by the Secretary General of the Council of the European Union. Mr Meyer-Cabri officially took up his duties at Eurojust on 1 September.

Following his appointment, Mr Meyer-Cabri said: ‘When I began working in Brussels, one of my first dossiers was the initial Eurojust regulation establishing this very organisation. Therefore, it is not only an honour to join Eurojust, but also a real personal pleasure to continue my intensive EU and international work with an organisation that has proved to create added value in the fight against serious cross-border and organised crime. I am very much looking forward to working with my colleagues from the other 27 National Desks to continue and enhance the German contribution to Eurojust’s success story. I am delighted to be based in the Netherlands, which is a second home to me, and especially in The Hague, as The Hague is the International City of Peace and Justice.’

Throughout his career, Mr Meyer-Cabri has made an important contribution to fostering and improving legal cooperation among the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Member States of the European Union. Mr Meyer-Cabri has been employed at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection since 1996, where he was the Head of the EU Coordination Division, following which he became Head of the Office for EU Justice Policy and International Cooperation. Additionally, he has a strong interest in the protection of intellectual property, resulting from his work with the International Section of the Patent and Trademark Office. As a junior lawyer, Mr Meyer-Cabri served at the Office of Public Prosecution in Berlin, focusing on drug-related crime.

Significantly, Mr Meyer-Cabri has gathered a great deal of international experience due to his many years as a Legal Councillor at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels, where he was heavily involved in the preparatory work to establish Eurojust.

In 2013, the German National Desk at Eurojust registered 32 bilateral and 21 multilateral cases, and attended 14 bilateral and 51 multilateral coordination meetings.

Photo © Eurojust: A high-resolution photograph of Mr Meyer-Cabri is available from the above contact at Eurojust

The EU and the UK government should negotiate a deal on the situation and rights of citizens as a matter of urgency and before starting the other Brexit talks, MEPs say.

In a joint hearing organised by the committees of Civil Liberties, Employment and Petitions, most MEPs underlined the “moral duty” to end the uncertainty created for both EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals in the EU since the June referendum.

The EU should let go of the principle that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” in negotiations, because a quick solution for citizens’ rights is a matter of priority. “Let´s do this first”, they concurred.

Parliament´s Brexit coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, said the House might adopt a resolution on this issue, probably after the summer recess.

In a plenary resolution adopted on 5 April, Parliament stressed that citizens’ interests must come first in the negotiations between the EU and the UK government with fair and equal treatment for EU citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EU.

Quotes

Claude Moraes (S&D, UK), Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee, said: “Today’s hearing shows that the European Parliament stands ready to fulfil its role in the negotiations by working hard with our constituents, our home governments and the EU institutions to ensure the voices of concerned citizens are being heard.  Human beings come first, we are not commodities and what happens on citizens’ rights sets the tone for the entire negotiation and relationship for a generation to come, so we must get it right”.

Renate Weber (ALDE, RO), Vice-Chair of the Employment Committee, added: “I strongly believe that when thinking about Brexit consequences, there is no greater concern than the fate of EU citizens who study, work and settle in the UK and also visitors, and of those British citizens who work or live in EU 27. Brexit will have a direct impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers and students, on millions of tourists, as citizens’ mobility and rights are at the heart of the European project. We have worked hard to guarantee citizens’ uninterrupted access to all kind of benefits, and these rights should be safeguarded.”

Cecilia Wikström (ALDE, SE), Chair of the Petitions Committee stated: “The Brexit decision has created uncertainty for three million citizens from other member states living in the UK, as well as for the 1.2 million British citizens currently living in the EU. These people are anxious and frightened about their future and their concerns must therefore be our top priority, and issues related to citizens’ rights solved first of all. We shall never forget that this concerns real people, they are not just pawns in the negotiations. This is about basic human values and about common decency. Only by putting the citizens first can we achieve a fair result in the end”.

You can catch up with the debate via Video on Demand