The European intelligence space is reaching a new level of maturity because of an increasingly consolidated transgovernmental network of intelligence professionals. What explains the change in this key security network, especially given the challenges inherent in intelligence sharing? The overall strengthening of the European transgovernmental intelligence network is a product of both informal, bottom-up networking and formal, top-down policies to enhance intelligence sharing. Yet, it is clear that the informal side is of utmost importance given the difficulties inherent in trusting outsiders with valuable information. It is through informality that the transgovernmental network shares best practices and knowhow, strengthening the backbone of the European intelligence space. At the same time, there is a realm of intelligence sharing that is still subject to deep secrecy, the dynamics of which are very difficult to truly know. As a result, there is a disjuncture between expert-level intelligence sharing and community governance practices.

由于越来越多的跨政府情报专业人员跨政府网络，欧洲情报领域正在达到一个新的成熟水平。是什么解释了这个关键安全网络的变化，特别是考虑到情报共享所固有的挑战？欧洲政府间情报网络的全面加强是非正式的，自下而上的网络和正式的，自上而下的政策的产物，以加强情报共享。但是，很明显，鉴于信任外部人有价值的信息存在固有的困难，非正式方面至关重要。通过非正式性，跨政府网络共享最佳实践和专门知识，从而加强了欧洲情报领域的基础。与此同时，情报共享的领域仍然受到高度保密，其动态很难真正了解。结果，专家级情报共享与社区治理实践之间就脱节了。