European Migration Policy from Amsterdam to Lisbon

Roderick Parkes

doi:10.5771/9783845226088

European Migration Policy from Amsterdam to Lisbon

The end of the responsibility decade?

Series: Aktuelle Materialien zur Internationalen Politik

Volume 79 1. Edition 2010

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Zusammenfassung

Die EU Asyl- und Migrationspolitik hat seit 1999 eine enorme Weiterentwicklung erfahren. Nichtsdestotrotz ist sie nach wie vor in weiten Teilen restriktiv, illiberal und zeugt nicht von internationaler Solidarität. Mit Beispielen aus der politischen Praxis des letzten Jahrzehnts führt der Autor die Merkmale dieser Politik auf eine Kultur des „responsible policymaking“ der Innenminister zurück – die gerade denjenigen am meisten schadet, für die die Minister sich verantwortlich fühlen: den Bürgern der Europäischen Union.

Abstract

Die EU Asyl- und Migrationspolitik hat seit 1999 eine enorme Weiterentwicklung erfahren. Nichtsdestotrotz ist sie nach wie vor in weiten Teilen restriktiv, illiberal und zeugt nicht von internationaler Solidarität. Mit Beispielen aus der politischen Praxis des letzten Jahrzehnts führt der Autor die Merkmale dieser Politik auf eine Kultur des „responsible policymaking“ der Innenminister zurück – die gerade denjenigen am meisten schadet, für die die Minister sich verantwortlich fühlen: den Bürgern der Europäischen Union.

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2–8 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 2–8
9–10 Acknowledgements 9–10
11–14 I. Amsterdam’s false dawn 11–14
- 11–12 1. Summary: A decade of responsibility 11–12
- 12–14 2. The starting point–a question waiting for an answer 12–14
15–24 II. The characteristics of the Amsterdam Years 15–24
- 15–17 1. Characterising migration policy 15–17
- 17–19 2. The policy prescriptions of the Amsterdam Treaty 17–19
- 19–24 3. The characteristics of the Amsterdam years 19–24
25–32 III. The continued influence of interior ministries 25–32
- 25–31 1. Policymaking under Amsterdam: Rules and reality 25–31
- 31–32 2. Political dominance and the skewing of policy 31–32
33–46 IV. Interior ministries as ‘arch-rationalists’ 33–46
- 33–34 1. The venue-shopping thesis 33–34
- 34–38 2. European integration in the venue-shopping thesis 34–38
- 38–41 3. Lessons from new institutionalism 38–41
- 41–42 4. Venue-shoppers as arch-rationalists 41–42
- 42–43 5. Core hypotheses: Interior ministers as ‘arch-rationalists’ 42–43
- 43–46 6. A new conception of the Amsterdam rules 43–46
47–70 V. Asylum policy and the power of old arguments 47–70
- 47–49 1. The soft side of venue-shopping 47–49
- 49–51 2. The weight of history: The importance of the ‘complete’ policy image 49–51
- 51–53 3. Venue shifts in the 1970s: The joys of a complete policy-image 51–53
- 53–59 4. Institutional changes at Amsterdam: The missing substantive dimension 53–59
- 59–69 5. After the institutional change at Amsterdam 59–69
- 69–70 6. Conclusions 69–70
71–84 VI. Security policy and the role of satellite cooperation 71–84
- 71–72 1. Venue-shopping: Expanding on the basics 71–72
- 72–76 2. The returns directive: Interior ministries exploit their EU powers 72–76
- 76–80 3. The PNR agreement: Interior ministries exploit international pressure 76–80
- 80–83 4. Framework Decision on Data Protection: Interior ministries exploit satellite cooperation 80–83
- 83–84 5. Conclusions 83–84
85–108 VII. The G6 and the European loop 85–108
- 85–86 1. Bringing back in the domestic level 85–86
- 86–90 2. Identifying international loops: An analytical framework 86–90
- 90–95 3. The closure of the ‘EU loop’ 90–95
- 95–100 4. Alternative loops: The specifics of the G6 and Heathrow meetings 95–100
- 100–108 5. Matching supply and demand at G6 and Heathrow 100–108
- 108–108 6. Conclusions 108–108
109–130 VIII. The development-migration nexus and the responsible policymaker 109–130
- 109–110 1. Policy interaction 109–110
- 110–112 2. Conceptual perspectives on policy interaction and coordination 110–112
- 112–115 3. The distribution of political resources in EU migration policy 112–115
- 115–116 4. Approaches to migration: External development vs. internal stability? 115–116
- 116–121 5. EU migration policy outcomes: What evidence of interaction? 116–121
- 121–125 6. Tracing the sources of interaction: The European Council 121–125
- 125–129 7. Horizontal pressures: DG Development and the interior ministries 125–129
- 129–130 8. Conclusions: Explaining the development turn 129–130
131–144 IX. Rights vs. effectiveness: The foibles of the responsible approach 131–144
- 131–131 1. The mistakes of responsible policies 131–131
- 131–133 2. The responsible approach to migration 131–133
- 133–137 3. The rights-effectiveness nexus 133–137
- 137–138 4. The legitimacy deficit 137–138
- 138–140 5. A typology of legitimacy at the European level 138–140
- 140–141 6. Characteristics of EU migration policymaking 140–141
- 141–142 7. A taller order: Regulating an invisible phenomenon 141–142
- 142–144 8. The symbolic politics of border management: Frontex 142–144
- 144–144 9. Conclusions 144–144
145–156 X. Justice and Home affairs cooperation after Lisbon: the British litmus test 145–156
- 145–145 1. The British litmus test 145–145
- 145–147 2. British exceptionalism 145–147
- 147–148 3. The Club of Ministers 147–148
- 148–150 4. A new Treaty and a new setup 148–150
- 150–152 5. The British position 150–152
- 152–155 6. Two scenarios 152–155
- 155–156 7. The creation of a new hybrid 155–156
157–170 XI. The failures of the Stockholm Programme and the emergence of a new political actor 157–170
- 157–158 1. The strategic deficit 157–158
- 158–162 2. The new Treaty and the need for strategic thinking 158–162
- 162–166 3. The Stockholm Programme evaluated: Programming as inter-institutional mud-wrestling 162–166
- 166–170 4. Future perspectives: The communitarian vocation of the European Council 166–170
171–178 XII. Paradigm change after Lisbon: Control by liberalisation? 171–178
- 171–171 1. A liberal future? 171–171
- 171–173 2. The control paradigm 171–173
- 173–174 3. Restricting migration by liberalising migration channels? 173–174
- 174–176 4. Paradigm change: The liberalisation of responsibility 174–176
- 176–178 5. Perspectives for the future 176–178
179–179 Bibliography 179–179
179–181 Official documents 179–181
182–182 Further documents 182–182
183–194 Secondary sources 183–194
195–197 Media 195–197
198–199 Abbreviations 198–199

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