Articles tagged with: Schengen
‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety
13 Aug 25 Member States
‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety
Europe’s open borders are being replaced by ‘temporary’ checkpoints that are often anything but. With anti-migration politics on the rise and a broken asylum system, the loss of trust will be hard to restore.
Build a European border policy to save Schengen, says former negotiator
29 Jul 25 Member States
Build a European border policy to save Schengen, says former negotiator
Joachim Bitterlich grew up dreaming of a borderless Europe, and as a diplomat played his part in making it happen. Now he says the Schengen free-travel zone is under threat, with radical action needed to dissuade governments from throwing up borders once again.
Op-ed: A critical medicine shortage calls for better EU collaboration
25 Feb 25 EU Institutions
Op-ed: A critical medicine shortage calls for better EU collaboration
With the European Medicines Agency identifying shortages in more than 30 critical medicines, the single market presents an opportunity to rethink the EU’s approach to medicines.
What happens to Schengen in an era of renewed border control?
19 Sep 24 EU Institutions
What happens to Schengen in an era of renewed border control?
The visa-free Schengen Area is meant to realise the EU goal of freedom of movement. But new border security measures could jeopardise that project.
What's behind Hungary's easy visa for Russians?
06 Aug 24 Foreign & Security Policy
What's behind Hungary's easy visa for Russians?
Viktor Orbán has found another way to irk the EU — with relaxed entry rules for Russians. Brussels wants Hungary to address fears of espionage.
08 Jun 21
New EU digital COVID certificate paves way for Europeans to get freedom back, says MEP
Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Parliament’s rapporteur on the issue, said the certificate means that after severe restrictions caused by the crisis, the EU’s much-vaunted Schengen free travel area will be “back on track.”