One year after the 11 March bombings in Spain, the interior ministers of the five most populous EU states have decided to launch a joint terrorist alert system, based in Granada, Spain, it was announced on Tuesday (15 March).
According to press reports, Spain, Germany, France, the UK and Italy have also agreed to create a common data bank of information on anyone suspected of having a connection to terrorist organisations, in a bid to overcome domestic legal obstacles.
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