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Commission stands firm on biometric passports
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Commission seeks greater role in shaping immigration policy
New member states set to lift passport controls
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EU to restart talks on police co-operation and criminal law
Cracks open over EU-US visa wavers
‘Red lines’ agreed for EU-US visa talks
Slovenia has secured agreement on a set of “red line” positions that member states will follow when negotiating with the US on entry into its visa-waiver programme (VWP). They will prohibit member states from agreeing to any measures allowing US access to EU databases such as the Schengen Information System, Visa Information System and Eurodac.
The moral rot of the South
Silvio Berlusconi’s main rival in the upcoming elections, Walter Veltroni, Rome’s left-wing mayor, has provocatively announced something that, up North, we would not normally spell out. Veltroni will not be accepting anyone on his ticket who has a criminal record.
Justice chief
For a man who has spent most of his professional life poring over legal texts and helping draft penal code, José Luís Lopes da Mota had a very turbulent start to his career. The day after the new president of Eurojust began his law studies at the University of Lisbon one of his fellow students was shot dead by police, who went on to occupy the law faculty.
Bringing down the borders
Expanding the Schengen zone eastward brings opportunities and threats to its newcomers, writes Judith Crosbie.
Increased security on the EU’s fringes
Despite EU leaders’ positive political talk about the expansion of Schengen there is some trepidation about what the move will mean for security inside the EU.
Expanding Schengen outside the Union
The Schengen zone will continue to expand following last month’s large intake, with Switzerland and Liechtenstein on schedule to join in November this year.
The shady sides of borderless travel
Not everyone, it seems, is complying with the Schengen rules. Kenneth Jones reports.
Charlie McCreevy and his fellow gold prospectors
In mid-December, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is expected to give its ruling on the two landmark cases, Laval and Viking. The first concerns low-wage competition of workers posted from Latvia. Viking is about the reflagging of a Finnish ferry in order to employ Estonian seafarers on lower wages.