At Tampere the following issues were among those discussed: integration and asylum policies across the EU (with the aim of creating a common asylum policy); the fight against cross-border crime and the development of a European judicial cooperation.
Hāgas programma, ko pieņēma 2004. gada novembrī laika posmam no 2005. gada līdz 2010. gadam, turpināja Tamperes programmas uzsākto darbu.