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Beyond Stockholm: In search of a strategy for the European union’s area of freedom, security, and justice

Leonard, Sarah; Kaunert, Christian

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Authors

Sarah Leonard Sarah4.Leonard@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of International Security

Christian Kaunert



Abstract

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. The development of the European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (AFSJ) has been identified by the Lisbon Treaty (2009) as one of the key objectives of the European Union (EU). Recent events have also highlighted the saliency of several of the policy issues at the heart of the AFSJ. Amongst them, one can mention the terrorist attacks in 2015 in Paris and the ongoing refugee crisis in the Mediterranean region. At the same time, the end of the Stockholm programme, which provided the strategic framework for the development of the AFSJ between 2010 and 2014, has been followed by the adoption of new ‘strategic guidelines’, which can only be described as a short, vague, and general document. It is therefore paradoxical that, at a time when AFSJ matters - such as asylum, migration, borders, terrorism, policing, and judicial cooperation - have never been so salient, the EU finds itself, for the first time ever, devoid of any significant, over-arching strategy for the development of its AFSJ.

Citation

Leonard, S., & Kaunert, C. (2016). Beyond Stockholm: In search of a strategy for the European union’s area of freedom, security, and justice. European Politics and Society, 17(2), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1160636

Journal Article Type Editorial
Acceptance Date Mar 1, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 23, 2016
Publication Date 2016
Deposit Date May 10, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal European Politics and Society
Print ISSN 2374-5118
Electronic ISSN 2374-5126
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 2
Pages 143-149
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1160636
Keywords European Union, area of freedom, security, and justice, justice and home affairs, internal security, strategic guidelines
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/911179
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1160636
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Politics and Society on 1st June 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1160636

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