BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is laying the groundwork for a new intelligence coordination cell in Brussels.
The initiative is still at a “very early, conceptual stage,” but the plan reflects a wider effort to bolster the EU executive’s security and intelligence functions, Commission spokespeople Balazs Ujvari and Paula Pinho told reporters.
The new body would build on existing expertise, complementing the work of the Commission’s Security Directorate and coordinating closely with the European External Action Service. The cell will be small in scale and will focus on coordination rather than duplication, the spokespeople said.