The Stockholm Programme will - after the Tampere Programme (1999-2004) and the Programme of The Hague (2004-2009) - build the new multiannual programme defining the priorities of the European Union in the areas of freedom, security and justice. The Commission presented its proposal [ COM (2009) 262 final ] in July 2009. The FRA reacted with an opinion paper "The Stockholm Programme: A chance to put fundamental rights protection right in the centre of the European Agenda" based on the current thematic priorities of the Agency and inspired by the factual evidence the Agency's own research has so far produced.
