At the December 2003 European Council, EU Heads of State and Government adopted a European Security Strategy, with a view to assisting necessary prioritisation and further elaboration of EU foreign policy activities. The Strategy document identifies the key security challenges facing Europe in...

The paper addresses the uncertain future of transatlantic relations in light of the EU enlargement on 1 May 2004. Although it is clear that the US supports an ever wider EU, and the stability and security it implies for Europe and the countries on its periphery, it is not so clear that the US...

EU enlargement will be a mixed bag for CFSP in the short term as the process of adaptation to working at twenty-five is undertaken. There are distinct benefits to enlargement, especially when the Union speaks with one voice at twenty-five. Of course, there is also the risk of cacophony when a...

The purpose of this report is to assess the main challenges to the principle of freedom of movement of persons in the enlarged European Union. The right to move freely across the EUu0092s internal borders represents one of the fundamental freedoms of the internal market as well as an essential...

The enlarged European Union will be surrounded, from Russia to Morocco, with states economically dependent on access to its markets, concerned about cross-border travel and trade, and anxious for their voices to be heard in EU negotiations. Since 1989, West European governments have successfully...

The study presents the legal and political framework of the EP's institutional position in the EU's common foreign and security policy and analyses the constitutional role of selected national parliaments in foreign policy.

The challenge of terrorism is urgent, yet complex and uncertain. It is against this difficult background that the European Union and its 27 Member States have sought to co-ordinate and implement effective counter-terrorism policies. This study asks how the EU can forge a useful and durable link...