Efus calls for a coalition of European cities and regions to face the drugs crisis

In the face of the drug crisis that affects many European cities and regions, the Executive Committee of the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) calls for the creation of a “coalition of 50 European cities and regions that would work together to strengthen and promote their local policies against drug-related violence and harm and demonstrate concrete results.”

In a resolution adopted in the name of the 250 European cities and regions that are members of Efus, the Executive Committee, gathered on 5 December 2024 in Cologne (Germany), notes that “cities say they are contaminated by trafficking, worsening violence and the consequences for social cohesion,” and that “we have reached a stage where drug trafficking is undermining the foundations of our democracies.”

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