As EU home affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner insists Brussels is not building a “European FBI”, MEPs are questioning how much power Europol could gain under a new proposal — from influencing national prosecutors to using information it is currently not allowed to use under existing rules.

The European Commission has proposed an overhaul of Europol, doubling its staff and widening its data powers. Rights groups warn of surveillance creep.

The European Commission wants Europol and Eurojust equipped with new tech tools to tackle digital crime.

As EU home affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner insists Brussels is not building a “European FBI”, MEPs are questioning how much power Europol could gain under a new proposal —…