The European Union and Internal Security

In the post-Cold War period new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Among these, organized crime and illegal immigration are acknowledged to represent significant security challenges. The EU and Internal Security analyzes the nature of these challenges and investigates how the EU has been evolving to counter them. Written by experts in the fields of political science and law, this book addresses a hitherto neglected area of study.

Valsamis Mitsilegas has taught European Law, Universities of Kent, Edinburgh and Leicester, and EU History and Politics, Leicester.

Jorg Monar is Professor of Contemporary European Studies and Co-director of the Sussex European Institute. He is also a Professor, College of Europe, Bruges.

Wyn Rees is Reader in International Relations, University of Nottingham.

Introduction

1

(5)

The Development of the EU as an Internal Security Actor

6

(36)

Obstacles and negative development factors

7

(12)

Positive development factors

19

(12)

The major treaty reforms of the 1990s: from Maastricht to Amsterdam

31

(11)

The Securitisation of Organised Crime and Illegal Immigration

42

(20)

Introduction

42

(3)

A changing view of security

45

(1)

`Securitising' organised crime and illegal immigration

46

(5)

Assessing the nature of the threat

51

(8)

The EU model of internal security

59

(3)

The Problems of Organised Crime and Illegal Immigration in Western Europe

62

(22)

An introduction to the problem

62

(1)

Accounting for the increase in organised crime and illegal immigration

63

(3)

The transnational organised crime phenomenon in Europe

66

(4)

Commodity crime

70

(6)

Money laundering

76

(1)

Illegal immigration

77

(7)

The Development of Policies on Organised Crime and Illegal Immigration Post-Amsterdam

84

(42)

The Amsterdam Treaty: the European Union as an `area of freedom, security and justice'

84

(2)

The Amsterdam Treaty: provisions on organised crime and illegal immigration

86

(2)

The policy impetus: Action Plans and the Tampere Conclusions

88

(7)

EU measures against organised crime and illegal immigration: an integrated strategy

95

(1)

Criminalisation: the development of EU-wide criminal offences

95

(14)

Prevention: the involvement of the private sector and civil society in the fight against organised crime and illegal immigration

109

(5)

Policing

114

(3)

Judicial cooperation

117

(6)

The European Union as an international `internal security' actor

123

(3)

The Challenge of the Eastern Enlargement

126

(35)

The specificity of the challenge of enlarging the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

126

(5)

The main dimensions and problems of diversity in the context of the eastward enlargement

131

(17)

EU responses to the challenge of enlarging the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

148

(6)

Meeting the challenge: before and after accession

154

(4)

The question of the EU demanding too much, and the issue of trust

158

(3)

Conclusion

161

(6)

Notes

167

(22)

Bibliography

189

(10)

Index

199

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