• Bulletin article by Heather Grabbe, 01 June 2004

    Readers of best-selling British newspapers must have the strong impression that the EU's eastward enlargement is primarily about migration.

  • Bulletin article by Mónica Roma, 01 June 2004

    Many people in Britain dislike the EU's new constitutional treaty. Some business leaders and journalists even claim that the charter of fundamental rights - seemingly the most harmless part of the new treaty - will have serious and sinister consequences.

  • Briefing note by Adam Townsend, 03 October 2003

    In 1997 the EU member-states committed themselves to constructing an 'area of freedom, security and justice' – a task at least as ambitious as the creation of the single market.

  • Policy brief by Heather Grabbe, 04 October 2002

    Justice and home affairs (JHA) has become the EU’s most active policy area, but one of its least known or understood. It now accounts for about 40 per cent of the EU’s new legislation.

  • Bulletin article by Ben Hall, 01 October 2001

    Television images of migrants walking unabashed into the Channel Tunnel are a stark reminder of the fact that Britain is no longer an island.