Outcome of the EU - US Justice and Home Affairs Senior Officials Meeting

On September 8-9, 2016, the EU-US Senior Officials Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs was held in Bratislava, Slovakia. This meeting aimed to oversee Trans-Atlantic cooperation to fight terrorism and transnational crime. The Slovak Presidency underlined the importance of EU-US cooperation, sharing of best practices and joint action with regard to the agenda items of the meeting. The US side concurred with this view, mentioning counter-terrorism, migration and transnational crime as essential areas of cooperation if the EU and US are to succeed individually and collectively.