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2011-05-13 Europe

EU moves to end passport-free Schengen travel

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Posted by Steve White 2011-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Freedom of travel" was hardly ever affected before Schengen. Most of the time you were waved through or you just flashed a personal ID, that's all.

Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-13 00:11|| 2011-05-13 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "EU moves to end passport-free Schengen travel"

What? Are your imaginary unicorn-fart dreams bumping into reality?

Who could have seen that coming?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-13 00:11|| 2011-05-13 00:11|| Front Page Top

#3 You never needed a passport to travel through Europe before Schengen (Western Europe before 1990).

An ID would do. I need an ID to collect mail at the post office. I hardly have a problem showing an ID when crossing a border.

If some EU states refuse to effectively the outer EU border then Schengen cannot work.

Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-13 00:34|| 2011-05-13 00:34|| Front Page Top

#4 effectively control, of course

Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-13 00:35|| 2011-05-13 00:35|| Front Page Top

#5 EUro elites ethical flexibility is the wonder of the World.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-05-13 01:46|| 2011-05-13 01:46|| Front Page Top

#6 If some EU states refuse to effectively [guard] the outer EU border then Schengen cannot work.

And in a way this is paralleled by the failure of the Eurozone. Because of the enforced shared responsibility, those at the fringes are deterred from addressing problems in their own house, and are incentivised to pass them on to others. Pretending that members of the group don't think nationally stacks up a whole heap of problems.

Posted by Bulldog 2011-05-13 02:02|| 2011-05-13 02:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Britain is an island and opted out of Schengen and we still have a flood of worthless (and some very useful) immigrants.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-13 05:57|| 2011-05-13 05:57|| Front Page Top

#8 No need to be smug here. First airports, now talking about train station, next the TSA will want to put up toll booth style stops on the interstates. Bet on it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-05-13 12:14|| 2011-05-13 12:14|| Front Page Top

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