EU Justice and Home Affairs Council
Philippos Petsalnikos, President
Philippos Petsalnikos is the Greek Minister of Justice and served as President of the JHA Council during Greece’s presidency of the European Council during the first half of 2003. The following is excerpted from February 12, 2003, European Parliament debate on Progress in Implementing the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice in 2002.The Council worked systematically during 2002 toward creating an area of freedom, security, and justice, mainly on the basis of the guidelines laid down by the European Council in Tampere. Within that framework, the Council adopted a set of acts on police and judicial cooperation on criminal and…
