The EU is to appoint a new chief of terrorism, to co-ordinate security in the wake of the Madrid rail bombings. The development came as Spanish authorities detained five more suspects, four Arabs and a Spaniard.
The latest arrests bring to ten the number of people in custody in connection with the attacks that killed 202 people.
Five other suspects were taken to Spain's High Court for a hearing. The three Moroccans and two Indians were arrested in the days following the attacks.
The death toll from the bombings reached 202 today when a 22-year-old Peruvian woman died in a Madrid hospital.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Spanish government is declassifying intelligence reports in an attempt to show it told the truth about the bombings.
It initially attributed the blasts to Basque guerrillas, but they are now suspected to be linked to al-Qaeda.
It is believed many Spaniards thought the government was lying, contributing to its defeat by the Socialists in Sunday's general election.
Officials said the documents would demonstrate that intelligence services had initially believed ETA was responsible for the attacks.
Spanish accused of appeasing terrorists
In a separate development, the most senior republican politician in the US Congress has accused the Spanish electorate of appeasing terrorists by voting for a change of government in the wake of the bombings.
The charges were made during an acrimonious debate in the House of Representatives to mark the anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.
Democrat politicians had accused their rivals of exploiting the war for advantage in advance of November's US presidential election.
But the House Speaker, Dennis Hastert, made his controversial remarks when criticising the pledge by the incoming socialist-led Spanish government to withdraw their forces from Iraq.
