20 years on: rethinking Schengen

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Series Details No.39, 2015
Publication Date 04/12/2015
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Recent proposals for the reform of the Schengen Area focus on turning it into a ‘proper’ border regime: one with features such as firm outer borders and a border guard. But Schengen was never meant to be a classic border regime when it was established back in 1995. Quite the reverse: it adapted Europe’s traditional system of borders to a new era of globalisation.

Now Europe once again faces a radically-altered international environment, and Schengen must adapt, too. But reform proposals could do with taking its innovative legacy into account.

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ESO: Background information: Schengen is dead? Long live Schengen! http://www.europeansources.info/record/schengen-is-dead-long-live-schengen/
ESO: Background information: A European Border and Coast Guard to protect Europe's External Borders http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-a-european-border-and-coast-guard-to-protect-europes-external-borders/
EurActiv, 07.01.16: [Opinion]: Schengen is dead? Long live Schengen! http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/schengen-dead-long-live-schengen-320730
EUObserver, 22.01.16: Would the euro really be in danger without Schengen? https://euobserver.com/economic/131941

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