French president creates new counter-terrorism body to enhance co-ordination between intelligence services

摘要

The French Defence Council on 7 June agreed to the establishment of a new National Counter-Terrorism Centre (Centre national du contre-terrorisme: CNCT) to be led by a former head of the now defunct Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (Direction de la surveillance du territoire: DST), Pierre de Bous-quet de Florian.