Europol - The final step in the creation of an "Investigative and Operational" European Police Force / Statewatch, January 2007
PDF - http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/europol-analysis.pdf
Professor Steve Peers, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
"With this proposal, Europol comes much closer to becoming a form of federal police force, and indeed Europol's development has consciously paralleled that of the German federal police agencies. But the development of Europol's accountability is not remotely comparable to that of a national police force - even assuming that a federal Europol force could compare to national police forces and regards its efficiency or legitimacy."