The international private security industry as part of the European Union security framework: a critical assessment of the French EU presidency White Paper
authors | Marc Cools |
Dusan Davidovic | |
Hilde De Clerck | |
Eddy De Raedt | |
journal | GofS (ISSN: ) |
volume | 2010 |
issue | EU and International Crime Control. Topical Issues |
section | Artikelen |
publicatie datum | 24 février 2010 |
langue | English |
pagina | 123 |
abstract | Criminological scientific research is often the result of public and/or private astonishment. On Monday 15th December 2008 the ‘livre blanc’ or white paper – ‘La participation de la sécurité privée à la sécurité générale en Europe, Private Security and its role in European security’ – was presented to the public and the press at ‘Place Beauveau’ in Paris by Michèle Alliot-Marie, the then French Minister of Interior, Pierre Monzani, the then director of INHES and Marc Pissens, president of CoESS. The presentation was held during the first organized European Summit on Private Security or ‘1er Sommet européen de la Sécurité Privée’. The summit was called the first one, because it was first time officially endorsed by a standing European Union presidency. It immediately took our scientific interest and raised some research questions which are to be answered here. These questions are multiple. Firstly, how did this white paper get into the priority list of the French EU presidency if it was not mentioned |