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Towards Europol 2.0 : first obstacles during the parliamentary debate…
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by Marine Marx The long awaited Commission legislative proposal updating Europol to the new legal framework as described by art 88 of the TFEU has been recently submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union. … C...
European “Smart Borders” project : negative opinion of the Meijers Committee
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The Meijers Committee (*) has recently advised the members of the European Parliament to vote against the “Smart Borders” proposals (COM(2013) 95, 96 and 97). In its letter it has expressed its deep concerns with respect to t...
Terrorism and “Intelligence-led policing”: the German Constitutional Court draws its “red lines”..
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On April 23rd, shortly after the European Union started working on the new Europol legal framework which is deemed to align the main intelligence led policy Agency with the Lisbon Treaty and with the European Charter the German Constitutional Court &...
The EP Committee rejects the proposal for an european passanger name record system (PNR)
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written by Marine MARX Wednesday the 24th of April, the EP Civil Liberties committee rejected the Commission Proposal for on the use of Passenger Name Record data (EU PNR). This proposal aimed at allowing the transfer of air passengers’ data &h...
Analysis :The second phase of the Common European Asylum System: A brave new world – or lipstick on a pig? By Professor Steve Peers, (*) University of Essex
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ORIGINAL PUBLISHED ON STATEWATCH (* FREE Group Member) 8 April 2013 Several years ago, the EU set itself the deadline of 2010 – later postponed to 2012 – for completing the second phase of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). &hellip...
An european area of freedom, security and justice ? Paving the way from Stockholm …to Rome in 2014
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On November 7th the FREE Group submitted to the Chairman and other members of the Civil liberties Committee of the European Parliament its “Call for a true European Area of Freedom Security and Justice”. The main aim of the “Call&rd...
European Data Protection : legislative negotiations soon to be started …
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Three years after the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty the long awaited legislative negotiations on the future European Union legal framework on data protection will now start between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union...
European Area of Freedom Security and Justice : Council draft Agendas for the First Semester 2013
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In compliance with the principle of transparency and in order to improve the decision making process the Council of the European Union organize its internal works in the framework of two main instruments: a) A 18 months program prepared by … Co...
CALL FOR A TRUE EUROPEAN AREA OF FREEDOM SECURITY AND JUSTICE
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By the “Fundamental Rights European Experts Group” (FREE Group) (see below) “Let’s be driven by our values and not by our fears” 1. Three years after Lisbon the objective of an EAFSJ is still far away… Three years after the entry...
CALL FOR A TRUE EUROPEAN AREA OF FREEDOM SECURITY AND JUSTICE
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By the “Fundamental Rights European Experts Group” (FREE Group) (see below) “Let’s be driven by our values and not by our fears” 1. Three years after Lisbon the objective of an EAFSJ is still far away… Three years after the entry...
Illegal migration: the “Returns” Directive in the recent case-law of the ECJ
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by: Rosa Raffaelli The judgment of the ECJ in the Achughbabian case, which follows closely the recently issued El Dridi judgment, has further clarified the scope of application of the Returns Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC). The Directive, adopted...
Illegal migration: the “Returns” Directive in the recent case-law of the ECJ
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by: Rosa Raffaelli The judgment of the ECJ in the Achughbabian case, which follows closely the recently issued El Dridi judgment, has further clarified the scope of application of the Returns Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC). The Directive, adopted...
European Union and Hungary: towards a new “Haider” case ?
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(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...
European Union and Hungary: towards a new “Haider” case ?
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(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
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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
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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
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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...
The European Arrest Warrant and the EU area of justice
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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
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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...
WikiLeaks: an increased call for transparency
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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...
