From Trevi to Europol: Germany’s role in the integration of EU police cooperation

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Table 1. Conceptualising different models of EU police cooperation

		Capacity
		Supranational level	National level
Regulation	Supranational actors	EU-regulated policing with European resources and competences (e.g. ‘European FBI’)	EU-regulated policing based on national resources (e.g. Schengen Convention, Prüm Treaty)
	National actors	state-controlled EU police agency (e.g. Europol Convention)	Transnational cooperation of national law enforcement bodies (e.g. Trevi Group)

Source: own interpretation of the CSP institutional design put forward by Freudlsperger and Jachtenfuchs (2021)

Figure 1. Europol budget and staff numbers

Source: own compilation, based on Europol statistics & data as well as (financial) annual reports (2001–2019).

Figure 2. Cases initiated at Europol (2001–2019)

Source: own compilation, based on Europol annual reports and reviews (2011–2019).

Freudlsperger, C. & M. Jachtenfuchs. 2021. „A member state like any other? Germany and the European integration of core state powers.„Journal of European Integration 43(2), doi:10.1080/07036337.2021.1877695.

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