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Justice, rights and values: Council adopts programmes of up to €1 8 billion for 2021-2027

Justice, rights and values: Council adopts programmes of up to €1 8 billion for 2021-2027
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The fight against crime in Europe demands more judicial and police cooperation

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU supports greater cooperation between Member States in the response to crime - a position endorsed today by the Portuguese Ministers of Justice and for Home Affairs. Francisca Van Dunem, the Minister of Justice, believes that the protection of European citizens cannot be achieved through fragmented action among the 27 or merely sectoral approaches. For her, “a joint effort is necessary, combining the two dimensions of police and judicial cooperation, and is essential for a common, multidisciplinary and integrated response”. , During Europol’s presentation in Lisbon of the Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment Report, Van Dunem stated that cooperation and the sharing of information between the different national authorities in the Union, and between them and Europol, are of fundamental importance to the fight against organised crime, terrorism, money laundering and other criminal activities such as the sexual abuse of

State must assure all its citizens of equal access to justice

State must “assure all its citizens of equal access to justice” - Hoofdinhoud The Portuguese Minister of Justice pointed out that a state under the rule of law must assure all its citizens of full and equal access to law and justice, irrespective of their circumstances”. However, Francisca Van Dunem also said that this issue “cannot be adequately dealt with at strictly national level”. At the opening session of the High-Level Conference on “Protecting Vulnerable Adults across Europe - the Way Forward”, under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Minister of Justice proposed addressing the need to equip the Union with a common legal framework that will provide full access to justice and effective protection of vulnerable adults, while also ensuring the full exercise of their rights”.

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