Good day to bury bad news?
Obsolete has a very interesting take on the Clarke/Prescott news.
Meanwhile, the Register has a piece on a disturbing report by Statewatch (PDF). Apparently arms manufacturers have been put in charge of forming European civil security policy and strategy.
Responsibility for the formation of civil security policy and strategy have been given to the European Association of Aerospace and Defence Industries, a lobby group, and Thales, the European military giant.
So, no conflict of interest there then…
They have used their power to recommended giving themselves €1bn of subsidies, in addition to existing arms subsidies, to fund a raft of research projects for monitoring and controlling civil populations.
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But it had no representation from the EU parliament or Commission, and no ethical or civil representatives.
Hard to disagree with the report’s author when he says The EU is basically funding the diversification of the ‘military-industrial complex’ into the highly profitable internal security field. The militarisation of policing and border controls will not prevent crime or terrorism, it does nothing to address ‘root causes’ while posing a massive threat to civil liberties.
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