Europe to Adopt Mobile Terror Alert System

Europe to Adopt Mobile Terror Alert System
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (R) and French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe stand in front a commemorative plaque at the entrance of the Bataclan in Paris on Nov. 13, 2018, during a ceremony held for the victims of the Paris attacks of November 2015. Benoit Tessier/AFP/Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Union has approved plans for a continent-wide public warning system for terror attacks and major disasters on the third anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks that left 130 people dead.

Lawmakers sitting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg used the emotional anniversary of the attack by ISIS terrorists on the French capital to pass proposals for a new system of alerts that will go straight to people’s cellphones.