Schengen: How Europe is ruining its ‘crown jewel’
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.
Schengen doesn't technically mean no borders though does it? It means right to go between countries without visa/passport and without a limit on days.
That's what I always thought anyway.
Schengen doesn’t technically mean no borders though does it? It means right to go between countries without visa/passport and without a limit on days.
Not really. That's under the roules of the single market/four freedoms/EEA. Schengen is a more or less separate thing and only governs border controls (which are generally outlawed but with exceptions). There are quite a few EEA countries that aren't in Schengen (Irelands, Romania, Bulgaria) and a few countries (Monacco, San Marino, the Vatican) that are not in the EEA but kinda participating in Schengen.
Oh. I thought it was more specifically a passport thing, and that the citizens of non-schengen EEA countries would still need a passport to enter the Schengen countries, whilst members of the Schengen countries could re-enter with others forms of ID too.
I didn't realise Schengen basically outlaws borders. Thanks for educating me :)