Fulfilment in life requires an environment that respects personal freedom, equal opportunities and fundamental rights. A union created on the basis of freedom, security and justice, to achieve peace and equality - intrinsically linked values.
Yet it is these same values that have transformed the very nature and scale of serious and organised crime. Cybercrime, terrorism, human and drug trafficking, hate crime, fraud, and other constantly-evolving crimes are no longer subject to boundaries – real or virtual. In a common area, we need common answers found in solidarity. This requires networks that cooperate, exchange information, and work alongside each other.
To this end, 9 European agencies have joined forces under the guidance of the European Institutions.
They establish knowledge centres, judicial and law enforcement training and cooperation, training programmes and IT systems to back the countries of our common area, help manage borders, immigration and migration flows, support the development of a common European Asylum System, promote equality between women and men, tackle drug-related problems and cross-border crime.
Every day, these agencies bring European policies to life for people living in the EU, ensuring the values of freedom, security, justice and equality can exist both collectively and separately, reinforcing one another.
Thanks to the Agencies’ close collaboration, people in the EU will continue to find fulfilment in their fundamental rights - together, feeling more secure in themselves and the Union in which they live.
