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The UK's former European Commissioner for the Security Union, Sir Julian King, outlines a path to a 'necessarily much thinner' UK and EU co-operation on security and law enforcement, as negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship continue. In a blog, posted by the UK in a Changing Europe, Sir Julian King warns of the risks of failure to reach agreement on security co-operation, but acknowledges that any agreement, extending to law enforcement agencies, shared databases, and individual pieces of legislation, is contingent on overcoming three key hurdles—agreeing how to protect fundamental human rights, ensuring the protection of personal data and resolving disputes (outside of the Court of Justice). Key towards managing these is for both sides 'to advance in parallel to find a balanced way forward on these cross cutting issues'.
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