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Irish justice minister Michael McDowell (l) - "You can't have civil liberties at the expense of life and limb". (Photo: European Commission)

EU to agree new terror Tsar

The European Union is set to get a new co-ordinator who will work under the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana to manage its actions against terrorism.

The person will feed information to Europe's justice and home affairs ministers and "will co-ordinate the work of the Council in combating terrorism", according to a draft declaration by the Irish EU Presidency.

However, the exact duties of the post are not yet clear. It is also not clear whether the person could eventually ma...

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Irish justice minister Michael McDowell (l) - "You can't have civil liberties at the expense of life and limb". (Photo: European Commission)

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