Date of release : 14-06-2005

Policy area : Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

A few days before the summit between the European Union and the United States on June 20 2005 in Washington, the Luxembourg Minister for Justice and current President of the Council of Ministers Justice and Home Affairs of the European Union, Luc Frieden, received the American Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to Brussels on Tuesday June 14.

Minister Luc Frieden and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales reviewed the progress made in the cooperation between the European Union and the United States during the Luxembourg presidency with satisfaction.

During this meeting, the ministers assessed transatlantic cooperation in the fight against terrorism, legal cooperation on penal matters, information exchange and computer-related crime.

They stressed the need to continually strengthen the transatlantic link in the area of legal cooperation to help improve the fight against organised crime and international terrorism.

Today’s meeting was a follow-up to the meeting between the two ministers on February 4 last in Washington.