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JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ES3001 WEEK 16

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ES3001 WEEK 16. JHA. Why is it important? When did it become a pillar of the EU? Is it intergovernmental or supranational?. JHA. Policy areas associated with JHA? (Monar 2010) Refugees Migration Border and visa Judicial Co-operation

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JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ES3001 WEEK 16

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  1. JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ES3001 WEEK 16

  2. JHA • Why is it important? • When did it become a pillar of the EU? • Is it intergovernmental or supranational?

  3. JHA Policy areas associated with JHA? (Monar 2010) • Refugees • Migration • Border and visa • Judicial Co-operation • Police Co-operation and the Fight against Organized Crime and Terrorism

  4. Key concepts • Blue Card? Problems?? • Member state preferences – similar techniques downgrade blue card • Danish green card • Opt-outs by MS • Visa Code? • harmonizes the fees • sets common standards • deciding within 15 calendar days • Obligation to explain why the applicant was rejected

  5. Key bodies • Frontex? • EU’s Border security agency based in Warsaw. • coordinates the operational cooperation between Member States in the field of border security • Europol? • EU’s criminal intelligence agency (The Hague) • fights international organised crime • collect and share criminal information across Europe

  6. Lisbon • JHA after Lisbon treaty? • unified legal framework for both internal and external JHA action • the extension of the Parliament’s co-decision powers • qualified majority voting to most former ‘third pillar’ matters • subject to oversight of ECJ

  7. JHA and Terrorism • How have Freedom, Security and Justice contributed to the EU’s counter-terrorism policy?

  8. JHA today • JHA today: • Intergovernmental • or • Supranational? • Why?

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