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Ensuring Europeans’ safety is a multilevel governance policy, hence run at the European, national and local level. At the EU level, the European Agenda on Security strengthen the tools provided to national law enforcement authorities to fight terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime. The main challenge is to ensure that people live in an area of freedom, security and justice, without internal frontiers in full compliance with the Union's values, including the rule of law and fundamental rights. Urban security policies contribute to develop a secure environment at the local level. Read more