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• EUROPOL: Coordinating the fight against serious and organised crime

  19 November 2008, by House of Lords Select Committee on European Union
  Europol, the European Police Office responsible for coordinating the fight against serious and organised crime, began operations from its headquarters in The Hague in 1999. In January 2010 it will become an agency of the EU. The Council Decision bringing about this change in its constitution has made some amendments to its objects, powers, working methods and governance.

• JLS acquis

  18 November 2008, by European Commission
  Consolidated and revised version October 2008

• Labour Force Survey : Reduced gap in employment rates between men and women in the EU27

  18 November 2008, by Eurostat
  According to a report published by Eurostat, based on the results of the 2007 Labour Force Survey, in the EU27 between 2000 and 2007 employment rates both for men and women increased and the gender gap in employment decreased. Both in 2000 and in 2007 in all Member States the employment rate for men was higher than for women. Between 2000 and 2007 the gender gap in employment decreased in nineteen Member states and increased in eight Member States.

• External Borders Fund 2007-2013 – France

  10 November 2008, by European Commission
  The Commission has adopted the multiannual programme under the External Borders Fund 2007-2013 for France for an estimated amount of € 101.8 million, together with the first two annual programmes (2007 and 2008).

• Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 : France

  10 novembre 2008, par European Commission
  La Commission européenne a adopté le programme pluriannuel de mise en oeuvre du Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 présenté par la France, pour un montant estimé de 101,8 millions d’euros, assorti de ses deux premiers programmes annuels (2007 et 2008).

• Financial Services Provision and Prevention of Financial Exclusion

  10 November 2008, by European Commission
  This report on financial exclusion addresses questions such as the levels, causes and consequences of financial exclusion, who are those who are mostly exposed to financial exclusion and it formulates policy recommendations on the promotion of financial inclusion. Financial exclusion is very much linked to social exclusion.

• Systèmes judiciaires européens : Efficacité et qualité de la justice

  4 novembre 2008, par Commission européenne pour l’efficacité de la justice
  La Commission du Conseil de l’Europe pour l’efficacité de la justice (CEPEJ) vient de rendre public son 2e rapport d’évaluation des systèmes judiciaires européens lors d’une conférence de presse à Paris.

• Report on the Application of Directive 2003/86/ec on the Right to Family Reunification

  4 November 2008, by European Commission
  On 22 September 2003 the Council adopted Directive 2003/86/EC setting out common rules on the exercise of the right to family reunification by third-country nationals residing lawfully in Member States (hereinafter «the Directive»). It applies to all Member States except IE, DK and the UK.

• Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration: Increasing Coordination, Coherence and Synergies

  4 November 2008, by European Commission
  The Global Approach to migration can be defined as the external dimension of the European Union’s migration policy. It is based on genuine partnership with third countries, is fully integrated into the EU’s other external policies, and addresses all migration and asylum issues in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Adopted in 2005, it illustrates the ambition of the European Union to establish an inter-sectoral framework to manage migration in a coherent way through political dialogue and close practical cooperation with third countries.

• FRA opinion on the proposal for a Council framework decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR)

  3 November 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  Following the request of the French Presidency, FRA presented an opinion on the Commission’s proposal for a Council framework decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes. This opinion provides an overview of relevant fundamental rights issues focusing on the right to respect of private life, the right to data protection and the prohibition of discrimination.

• Activity report - Human rights in a multicultural society

  31 October 2008, by OSCE
  According to the Council of Europe report, diversity should not be perceived as a threat but as a source of enrichement, but it can only succeed it is based on social cohesion and human rights.

• Chairmanship conference on Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims

  30 October 2008, by OSCE
  The document relates the view epressed by european Imams and Ministers who met in Vienna in 2006, and that was expressed at a OSCE conference in Cordoba in 2007.

• PROPOSITION DE LOI visant à prolonger l’application des articles 3, 6 et 9 de la loi n° 2006-64 du 23 janvier 2006 relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et portant dispositions diverses relatives à la sécurité et aux contrôles frontaliers

  28 octobre 2008, par Haenel Hubert, Sénat
  La loi n° 2006-64 du 23 janvier 2006 relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et portant dispositions diverses relatives à la sécurité et aux contrôles frontaliers (LAT) apporte la réponse la plus opérationnelle possible à la menace terroriste, tant dans le domaine de la prévention qu’en matière de répression des actes de terrorisme. Elle vise également à contribuer à l’efficacité du dispositif de sécurité afin de concourir à la préservation de l’ordre public et à l’amélioration des contrôles frontaliers. Elle comporte donc, à ce titre, certaines dispositions qui concernent la police administrative et d’autres, la répression des actes du terrorisme.

• La « carte bleue » immigration soumise au vote en commission.

  20 octobre 2008, par Parlement européen
  Le projet de créer une « carte bleue » européenne, inspirée par la « green card » américaine et destinée aux immigrants hautement qualifiés sera soumis à un vote crucial en novembre 2008 à la commission parlementaire des libertés civiles. Avant le vote en question, nous avons rencontré Mme Ewa Klamt (Allemande, membre du PPE-DE), députée à l’origine du projet au Parlement.

• Discrimination against Roma children

  20 October 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  The European Court of Human Rights judged that there has been discrimination against Roma children in education in a region near Athens. It ruled that the conditions of school enrolment for Roma children and their placement in special preparatory classes because of their Roma origin – in an annex to the main school building – constituted discrimination.

• EU boosts national efforts to fight poverty and social exclusion

  15 October 2008, by European Commission
  The European Commission has today put forward a set of common principles to help guide EU countries in their strategies to tackle poverty. The Recommendation is based around three key aspects: adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services. National governments will be encouraged to refer to these common principles and define policies for ’active inclusion’ on this basis so as to step up the fight against exclusion from society and from the labour market.

• Legitimacy of PNR challenged again

  14 October 2008, by European Parliament
  The European Parliament has reserved the right to challenge the legitmacy of the EU PNR-Australia agreement before the Court if a third party also feels that democratic legitimacy has not been respected. Once again, the European PArliament has not been consulted. If the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect, it has argued that all the PNR agreements concluded on a similar basis be submitted to MEPs.

• Strengthening the EU’s Comprehensive migration policy: new initiatives of the European Commission on the Global Approach to migration, on Integration and on Family Reunification of third-country nationals

  13 October 2008, by European Commission
  Today the Commission adopted new initiatives to reinforce the EU’s comprehensive approach to migration. It includes a Communication on «Strengthening the global approach to migration: increasing coordination, coherence and synergies», a Report to the 2008 Ministerial Conference on Integration on «Strengthening actions and tools to meet integration challenges» and a Communication reporting on the application of Directive 2003/86 on the right to family reunification. The proposals presented today build on the principles suggested in the recent Communication on A Common Immigration Policy for Europe and provide the first building blocks for the actions thereof proposed, which should also be taken on board of the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.

• Renforcement de la politique globale de migrations de l’Union européenne : nouvelles initiatives de la Commission européenne relatives à l’approche globale des migrations, à l’intégration et au regroupement familial des ressortissants de pays tiers

  13 octobre 2008, par European Commission
  Aujourd’hui, la Commission a adopté de nouvelles initiatives pour renforcer l’approche globale de l’UE sur la question des migrations : une communication intitulée « Renforcer l’approche globale de la question des migrations : accroître la coordination, la cohérence et les synergies », un rapport à la conférence ministérielle de 2008 sur l’intégration portant sur le « renforcement des actions et des outils pour relever les défis de l’intégration » et une communication relative à l’application de la Directive 2003/86 sur le droit au regroupement familial. Les propositions présentées aujourd’hui s’appuient sur les principes exposés dans la récente communication intitulée « Une politique commune de l’immigration pour l’Europe » et apportent les premiers éléments des actions proposées, qui devraient également être reprises dans le pacte européen sur l’immigration et l’asile.

• Resolution on the annual debate on the progress made in 2007 in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  7 October 2008, by European Parliament
  In adopting a resolution on the annual debate on the progress made in 2007 in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), the House calls on the European Council, the Council and the Commission to initiate the process of determining priorities for the forthcoming AFSJ multiannual programme for the period 2010-2014, on the basis of an ambitious and coherent approach and join the European Parliament in its dialogue with the national parliaments on the priorities for the period 2010-2014.

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