In this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004 and Special Adviser in 2007 to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), outlines the progress made by the Treaty of Lisbon in terms of the area of freedom, security and justice.

In this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004, outlines the main progress made in terms of asylum and immigration policy since the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999.