One of the key themes of the European Council of 5 November will be the new multi-annual programme for justice and home affairs. The Dutch EU Presidency has forwarded to the Member States a proposal for a programme, developed in collaboration with the European Commission (see EUROPE of 15 October, p.9, and 16 October, p.10). On 14 October, the European Parliament gave its stance with the adoption, at its plenary session in Brussels, of a resolution by Jean-Luis Bourlanges, Chair of the...