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CIAO DATE: 03/2010

The Stockholm programme: Europe's next step to be an "area of freedom, security and justice"

December 2009

Finnish Institute for International Affairs

Abstract

The Stockholm Programme sets the European Union goals for the next five years in the areas of justice and home affairs. The EU is committed within its treaties to providing an area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) for its citizens, and the Stockholm Programme is intended to outline the next steps in this process.