The CFSP and PjCC of The EU

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The CFSP and PjCC of The EU
Ezequiel Maldjian Rosales
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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
  co-operation in the fight against crime. This
  pillar was originally named 'Justice and Home
  Affairs'.

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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 co-operation, 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

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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, non-state 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.

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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.

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Third Pillar (PJCC)

• Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal
  Matters Is the third of the three pillars of the
  European Union, focusing on co-operation 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.

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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