Schengen: How Europe is ruining its ‘crown jewel’

One of Europe’s flagship projects is faltering. The passport-free Schengen area is under a continued assault from a growing number of countries that maintain or have re-introduced internal border checks, citing migration or terrorism worries.

Europe's "crown jewel," the seemingly borderless area making travel through the EU's core regions rather smooth is under threat as the richest nations are once again implementing ever more border checks. [Shutterstock/Palephotography. Composition by Esther Snippe for Euractiv.]

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Davide Basso and Nikolaus J. Kurmayer Euractiv.com 28-09-2023 07:00 7 min. read Content type:

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