The 20 years anniversary of the Tampere programme: Securitization, intergovernmentalism and informalization
| Author | Sergio Carrera |
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X20907873 |
| Published date | 01 February 2020 |
| Date | 01 February 2020 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
Editorial
The 20 years anniversary
of the Tampere programme:
Securitization,
intergovernmentalism
and informalization
Sergio Carrera*
Abstract
The end of 2019 coincided with two anniversaries with profound implications for EU Justice and
Home Affairs (JHA) cooperation. First, it has been 20 years since the adoption of the Tampere
Programme under the Finnish Presidency of the EU (October 1999). Following the entry into force
of the Amsterdam Treaty, the European Council provided for the first time a multi-annual EU
policy agenda for the progressive creation of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).
Second, it has been 10 years since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (December 2009), and
the EU Charter of Fundamental rights becoming legally binding. In light of this background, this
Editorial critically examines some of the latest key developments in the EU AFSJ law and policy.
Keywords
Area of freedom, security and justice, EU law, justice and home affairs, securitization,
intergovernmentalism and informalization
Respecting the ‘rules of the club’ and playing one’s proper part in solidarity with fellow Europeans
cannot be based on a penny-pinching cost-benefit analysis along the lines (familiar, alas, from Brexi-
teer rhetoric) of ‘what precisely does the EU cost me per week and what exactly do I personally get out
of it?’ Such self-centredness is a betrayal of the founding fathers’ vision for a peaceful and prosperous
continent. It is the antithesis of being a loyal Member State and being worthy, as an individual, of
* Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium
Corresponding author:
Sergio Carrera, Centre for European Policy Studies, Place du Congr`
es 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
E-mail: sergio.carrera@ceps.eu
Maastricht Journal of European and
Comparative Law
2020, Vol. 27(1) 3–9
ªThe Author(s) 2020
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