JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : MIGRATION, SECURITY AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION ON AGENDA.

Migration, security and judicial cooperation: EU action in these sensitive areas will soon be given a new framework, which will guide action between now and 2020. To kick off the debate - which will come to a close at the European Council on 26-27 June - the European Commission will present, on 11 March, a communication on the 'post-Stockholm' programme, with reference to its predecessor from 2009 to 2014.

For the occasion, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will join Commissioners Cecilia Malmström (home affairs) and Viviane Reding (justice). The watchword? Fewer draft legislations to instead concentrate on implementing what is already on the table. However, not everyone shares the same priorities. London, in particular, is pushing for the adoption of an "EU-PNR" draft, which involves collecting air passengers'...