'The European Commission is pushing for a big increase in powers over crime, policing and the treatment of criminals. The President of the Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has told the BBC that this is not a power grab but an attempt to make Europe a safer place.
The plan announced at a news conference in Brussels would give the Court of Justice and the European Parliament a say on policing and would mean getting rid of countries' automatic right to veto plans they don't like.'
