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Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs Matters

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Developments in the European Union

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When the 1957 Treaty of Rome set Europe on the path to ‘an ever closer union’, the free movement of individuals within its territory was named as one of four objectives that the European integration process was intended to achieve. Though the Treaty’s goal of achieving a customs union was completed ahead of schedule, the goal of eliminating borders for the free movement of persons remains unachieved after 40 years and has only been put back on the integration agenda since the mid-1980s.

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  1. Emek Uçarer
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Sheffield, UK

    Laura Cram (Lecturer in Politics) (Lecturer in Politics)

  2. Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA

    Desmond Dinan (Associate Professor, Visiting Fellow) (Associate Professor, Visiting Fellow)

  3. Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, The Hague, Netherlands

    Desmond Dinan (Associate Professor, Visiting Fellow) (Associate Professor, Visiting Fellow)

  4. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Neill Nugent (Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration) (Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration)

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© 1999 Emek Uçarer

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Uçarer, E. (1999). Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs Matters. In: Cram, L., Dinan, D., Nugent, N. (eds) Developments in the European Union. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27572-4_13

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