Politico Europe: The move follows an attempt last year by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to set up her own intelligence collection operation, only for the plan to be scuppered by resistance from national capitals.
As part of the EU’s overhaul of its security strategy, the European External Action Service is planning to propose giving its Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN) a human resources department and its own IT infrastructure, affording it greater bureaucratic weight within the institution, according to the three EU officials, who were granted anonymity so they could freely discuss the inner workings of the Commission and the EEAS…