Transcript The CFSP and PjCC of The UE

The CFSP and PjCC of The EU
Ezequiel Maldjian Rosales
The Three Pillars of The EU
• The first or 'Community' pillar concerns
economic, social and environmental policies.
• The second or 'Common Foreign and Security
Policy' (CFSP) pillar concerns foreign policy and
military matters.
• The third or 'Police and Judicial Co-operation in
Criminal Matters' (PJCC) pillar concerns cooperation in the fight against crime. This pillar
was originally named 'Justice and Home Affairs'.
Second Pillar (CFSP)
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Was established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union in
the Maastricht treaty of 1992, and further defined and broadened in the
Amsterdam Treaty of 1999.
The Maastricht Treaty gives the Common Foreign and Security Policy the aims
of promoting both the EU's own interests and those of the international
community as a whole. This includes promoting international cooperation, respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The
Amsterdam Treaty created the office of the High Representative for the
Common Foreign and Security Policy (currently held by Javier Solana) to
co-ordinate the EU's foreign policy.
According to the Treaty on European Union, Article 11, the European Union
defines and implements a common foreign and security policy covering all
areas of foreign and security policy
Common Foreign and Objectives
Foreign policy:
country's foreign policy is a set of goals that seeks
to outline how that particular country will interact on an official
basis with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, nonstate actors.
Human rights:
To safeguard the common values, fundamental
interests, independence and integrity of the Union in conformity
with the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Democracy:
To develop and consolidate democracy and the rule of
law, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Foreign aid:
To promote international cooperation. And help each
other to get better goals.
Security Policy and Objectives
• Security policy: is a definition of what it means to be secure for a system,
organization or other entity.
• European Security and Defense Policy: To strengthen the security of the
Union in all ways.
• EU battle groups: Are military forces consisting of 1500 combat soldiers
under the direct control of the European Union .They are ready for
deployment at any one time.
• Helsinki Headline Goal Force Catalogue: To preserve peace and strengthen
international security, in accordance with the principles of the United
Nations Charter, as well as the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and the
objectives of the Paris Charter, including those on external borders.
• Peacekeeping: Monitor and observe peace processes in post-conflict areas
and assist ex-combatants in implementing the peace agreements they
may have signed.
Third Pillar (PJCC)
• Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
Is the third of the three pillars of the European Union, focusing on cooperation in law enforcement and combating racism. It is based more
around intergovernmental cooperation than the other pillars meaning
there is little input from the Commission, Parliament and the Courts. It is
responsible for polices include the European Arrest Warrant.
• It was created as the Justice and Home Affairs pillar in the Treaty of
Maastricht; subsequently the Treaty of Amsterdam transferred the areas
of illegal immigration, visas, asylum, and judicial co-operation to the
integrated first (European Community) pillar. The term Justice and Home
Affairs now covers these integrated fields as well as the intergovernmental
third pillar.
• G6 are six largest European Union member states (Germany, France,
United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Poland) who, under Qualified majority
voting, hold the largest block of votes in the PJC pillar.
PJCC Objectives
• The principal Objective of the Thrid Pillar is to
combat the following problem by co-operation
of the G6 and the EU countries.
• Drug trafficking and weapons smuggling
• Terrorism
• Trafficking in human beings
• Organized crime
• Bribery and fraud