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> Why is the police of a single country authorized to investigate EU parliament members just because of the geographical location? The EU is not a nation. It d
by tgv 2y ago
> Why is the police of a single country authorized to investigate EU parliament members just because of the geographical location?
The EU is not a nation. It doesn't have a police. Crimes do not take place on its territory, because it has none. So then it'll fall onto the Belgium (or French) police.
Wrt to the rest: just asking questions, right?
- Deukhoofd 2y ago> It doesn't have a police It does, Europol. For this case, considering there were raids in multiple different countries within Europe, they probably were involved.
- Y-bar 2y agoEuropol is more like Interpol than FBI in that it has no executive power, it's primary purpose is coordination among national police forces which will conduct actual raids and arrests.
- piva00 2y agoEuropol doesn't have its own enforcement agents, it's an organisation relying on national police forces to enforce its actions. It's a coordinator, not a full blown police force...