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European Union and Hungary: towards a new “Haider” case ?
(Original IT – translation still to be revised) Hungary puts at risk the Union’s values? ”Such a change among the democratic frameworks that we did today was only done by revolutions before. […] Hungarians today have proved that t...
Provisional planning European Commission 2011
First half 2011 Security Interim evaluation report on the Programmes ‘Prevention and Fight against Crime’ and ‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security Related Risks’ to the Council a...
Hungarian Presidency: Provisional Council timetable – January – June 2011
General Affairs Council 31 January 2011 Presidency Roadmap on Romas 21 February 2011 21 March 2011 Adoption of EU common positions on the Preparation of the Accession Conferences at Ministerial level with Turkey Adoption of Council conclusions...
The European Arrest Warrant and the EU area of justice
The European Arrest Warrant has come under much discussion in the UK media following the arrest of Julien Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. Main arguments against the EAW surround the topic of the quantity of EAW’s being issued to the UK in compar...
WikiLeaks: an increased call for transparency
WikiLeaks’ latest release of classified documents raised deep concern among the United States (US) Government and put into question whether the freedom of expression, as established in the First Amendment of the US Constitution, should be objec...
EU Internal Security strategy: towards a EU-USA common path?
The traditional meeting between the justice and home affairs ministerial representatives of the United States of America (USA) and of the European Union (EU) took place the 8th and 9th December 2010. Ms Janet Napolitano, from the Department of Homela...
FRONTEX: first ever RABIT operation deployed on 2 November
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) is a mechanism established so as to allow, in case of exceptional migratory pressure, rapid deployment of border guards on a European level. Established in 2007 as part of the Agency’s founding mandate, R...
Seasonal Workers – EU institutions state of play
The European Parliament is due to begin discussions on “Seasonal employment: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals“. This follows the European Commission’s proposal on 13 July 2010 for a directive on seasonal...
Conference: Which Integration Policies for Migrants? Interactions between the EU and its Member States”
Please find in the link below information regarding the Conference entitled “Which Integration Policies for Migrants? Interactions between the EU and its Member States” to be held in Brussels the 28 and 29 October 2010 link: http://www.ulb.ac.be/...
ACTA negotiations concluded…or maybe not?
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations were concluded in Japan on October 2, after 11 round of the negotiations. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) began in Geneva two years ago. It is a plurilateral trade agreement a...
The Common European Asylum System: still a long way to go.
In 2008, EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot stated that the “27-nation bloc should provide “higher standards of protection” and “a more equal level playing field” with respect to asylum procedures. This high level reinforcement...
The European Union and State Secrets: a fully evolving institutional framework
Many contemporary debates surround the issue of the treatment of confidential information and state secrets both in the United States (1) and the European Union (2) and questions have also been raised over the WikiLeaks phenomenon. It therefore seems...
Trafficking of human beings: towards a more protective regime?
The European Parliament submitted a draft report by the co-rapporteurs for discussion on 28 June 2010 (2010/0065(COD)) on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in hum...
Readmission agreement with Pakistan: international human rights norms respected?
One of the main debates concerning the European Union (EU) refers to whether policy making in an EU institutional setting can be defined as supranational or intergovernmental. Migration policies have traditionally supported the latter argumentation;...
SWIFT II: bridging the gap or limiting the damage?
A few months after the rejection by the European Parliament of the Interim Agreement on TFTP between the European Union and the United States of America, a new agreement is under way, after it was signed on 28 June 2010 and will most probably be vote...
Work plan European Commission area freedom, security and justice (12 May – 20 July 2010)
1917 meeting 12 May 2010 (Brussels) Progress reports on implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy, Action plan of the European Neighborhood policy 1919 meeting 26 May 2010 (Brussels) Recommendation from the Commission to the Council to autho...
SWIFT and PNR resolutions adopted by the European Parliament
The European Parliament adopted on the 5th May 2010 the two resolutions on SWIFT and PNR: European Parliament resolution of 5 May 2010 on the Recommendation from the Commission to the Council to authorise the opening of negotiations for an agreement...
The European Parliament to vote on PNR
The European Parliament will vote the resolution on the PNR agreement during the mini-plenary that will take place in Brussels on Thursday 6 May 2010. This after the LIBE Committee announced in April the intention to postpone the vote on the EU-USA P...
Negotiations on a common asylum system progress with the involvement of the European Parliament
The establishment of a common area of protection and solidarity, based on a common asylum procedure and a uniform status for those granted protection remains one of the prime objectives of the EU. Following the implementation of the first phase, the...
Action Plan on the Stockholm Programme released by Statewatch
European Commission: Stockholm Programme: Statewatch Analysis: Action Plan on the Stockholm Programme: A bit more freedom and justice and a lot more security (pdf) by Tony Bunyan: “The “harnessing of the digital tsunami” as advocated by t...
