From Tampere Over Stockholm to Luxembourg and Brussels: Where Are We Now? The Evolution of AFSJ Databases - Meandering Between Security and Data Protection

AuthorTeresa Quintel
ProfessionFNR funded PhD Candidate at the Université du Luxembourg and Uppsala University
Pages279-293
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21. FROM TAMPERE OVER
STOCKHOLM TO LUXEMBOURG
AND BRUSSELS: WHERE ARE WE
NOW? THE EVOLUTION OF AFSJ
DATABASES – MEANDERING
BETWEEN SECURITY AND DATA
PROTECTION
Teresa Quintel
1. Introduction: General Concerns Related to the
Interoperability of EU Databases
At times, the dierent objectives that the European Union’s (EU)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ)1 should achieve
are dicult to reconcile. e removal of the EU internal borders
certainly brought more freedom and propelled the cooperation
between Member States in both security and justice aairs. Nev-
ertheless, the views on how to achieve security while oering the
highest standards of justice diverge. Consequently, the means of
cooperation between competent authorities in the EU Member
States dier as well, both in the area of border control, migration
and asylum, but also in the eld of police and judicial cooperation.
1 e objectives for the AFSJ are laid down in Article 67 TFEU.
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