At the informal meeting of EU Ministers for the Interior and Immigration in Dresden in January 2007, the German Minister for the Interior and the Vice-President of the Commission proposed the creation of an informal group at ministerial level with the objective of considering the future of the European area of justice, freedom and security.
ELi siseküsimuste ja sisserände eest vastutavate ministrite mitteametlikul kohtumisel 2007. aasta jaanuaris (Dresdenis), tegid Saksamaa siseminister ja komisjoni asepresident ettepaneku moodustada ministritasemel mitteametlik rühm vabaduse, julgeoleku ja õiguse valdkonna tuleviku arutamiseks.