Commission VP @MargSchinas announcing now a plan to restore full #Schengen free movement in the EU after being eroded during the pandemic.
He notes the migratory crisis in 2016 also put pressure on the Schengen system.
He notes the migratory crisis in 2016 also put pressure on the Schengen system.
"This led to uncoordinated, sometimes blanket closures, and restrictions of free movement and the reintroduction of internal border controls that frankly I don't think helped a lot," Schinas says of national decisions during pandemic. "On the contrary they harmed our way of life"
EC is calling on member states not to jeapordise “one of the biggest achievements of European integration”
But to make #Schengen more resilient to acute crises, more central coordination is needed. Objective is to "integrate into Schengen code lessons learned from the pandemic"
But to make #Schengen more resilient to acute crises, more central coordination is needed. Objective is to "integrate into Schengen code lessons learned from the pandemic"
What are the lessons learned?
"No unilateral blanket type measures of closing borders help" says Schinas.
"We are envisioning more proportional and logical initiatives"
"No unilateral blanket type measures of closing borders help" says Schinas.
"We are envisioning more proportional and logical initiatives"
This proposal is about making the EU "stronger facing out, and freer facing in" says EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson.
In other words, to keep internal EU borders soft, the external borders need to become harder.
In other words, to keep internal EU borders soft, the external borders need to become harder.
Borders between EU member states are now a lot like the borders between US states. Closing them has a big impact.
🗺️30% of EU citizens live in an internal border region
🚗3.5 million people travel across internal EU borders every day.
👨🔧1.7m live and work in different EU states
🗺️30% of EU citizens live in an internal border region
🚗3.5 million people travel across internal EU borders every day.
👨🔧1.7m live and work in different EU states
"The external border of the European Union is not a small affair," says Schinas. "Something must happen once someone arrives at the external border of the biggest single market on Earth. We need to have checks, we need to establish the security profile, perform health checks."
The Commission plans to put forward a new amendment to the Schengen Borders Code “by the end of this year.”
Main idea is to improve political governance to stop unilateral border decisions.
The pandemic showed that mutual trust in the system is not ironclad.
Main idea is to improve political governance to stop unilateral border decisions.
The pandemic showed that mutual trust in the system is not ironclad.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
