The enlargement of the EU to include the ten new member states in Central and Eastern Europe and the two Mediterranean … the frontiers of Europe, but also the concept of what Europe is. The borders of the EU have been highly unstable since its … logic of stability begins to confound the imaginational and institutional capacities of the EU, a new direction is required …

stated objectives of the EU in this domain, and the actual developments that have taken place since the approval of the Hague … particular in the next EU multi-annual programme on the AFSJ to be adopted in 2009 (the "Stockholm Programme" in its current …