Dragutin Mate, Slovenian Minister of the Interior and President of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU, will attend the annual debate on achievements in setting up the area of freedom, security and justice in 2007 in the European Parliament in Brussels tomorrow.
Each year the European Parliament, in accordance with the Treaty on European Union, holds a debate on the functioning of the EU as regards intergovernmental cooperation in the field of police and criminal matters (the third pillar). The debate traditionally begins with a report by the European Commission and is attended by the minister chairing the EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs, who will also answer questions of the Members of the European Parliament.