Hague program

The Hague Program (named after the place of publication The Hague ), full name The Hague Program for Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union , was adopted by the European Council in November 2004 as the successor to the Tampere Program . It sets the guidelines of the common policy of the European Union in areas such as the legal framework, migration, the fight against crime and terrorism and the like. a. for the period from 2005 to 2010.

The ten focal points are:

1. Strengthening fundamental rights and citizenship
2. Fight against terrorism
3. Balanced concept for managing migration flows
4. Common asylum procedure
5. Maximize the positive effects of immigration
6. Integrated protection at the Union's external borders
7. Data protection and information exchange in the right proportion
8. Organized crime : developing a strategic concept
9. A powerful European legal area for everyone
10. Exercise responsibility and solidarity together

The successor to the Hague Program is the Stockholm Program .

See also

• Justice and Home Affairs Council
• Free movement of people

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Parliament : Tampere European Council - Presidency Conclusion . October 15 and 16, 1999
2. ↑ Federal Ministry of the Interior: Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. March 14, 2011. 

Web links

• COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION : Draft multiannual program: “The Hague Program; strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union " . October 15, 2004 (PDF file; 233 kB)
• The Hague Program: Ten priorities for the next five years
• The Hague Program - Ten priorities for the next five years
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - The Hague Program: Ten priorities for the next five years - The partnership for the renewal of Europe in the field of freedom, security and justice". March 17, 2006.
• Action plan of the Council and the Commission for the implementation of the Hague Program to strengthen freedom, security and justice in the European Union for the European Council. June 10, 2005 (PDF file; 194 kB)