Le citoyen face aux nouvelles pratiques sécuritaires de l’Union européenne : enjeux démocratiques d’une sécurité par les fichiers

Abstract

This article focuses on the growing role of the European Union in the control of the European space and the securitization of its external borders. It starts with an ana­lysif of the changes in the modes of public action in the field of security, underlining the shift from a « police » logic – based on the monopolisation of the legitimate means of physical coercion – towards a “policing” logic – which relies on the mass use of tech­niques of social control. Then, we question the impact of these developments on the na­ture of democracy relation, using as a case study the processing of Passenger Name Records (PNR) for law enforcement purposes. This casts a light on how security practices invade citizens’ daily lives, and suggests a re-evaluation of existing funda­mental rights, and in particular the rights of privacy and data protection.

Keywords

• area of freedom security and justice (AFSJ)
• EU internal security strategy
• passenger name records (PNR)
• personal data
• data protection