BIGO, Didier

Vers une Europe des polices? - Paris : IIAP, juil./sept. 1999

It is without doubt that, dating back before economic co-operation, co-operation in police matters has a logic to it which is largely indenpendent of the European institutional framework, even if the process of europeanisation has brought about a redefinition of its forms. Adding a preventative dimension to the traditional reactive aspect of police work, the concept of 'internal security' is developing without the community institutions having yet mastered this evolution