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Schengen area: abolishing the free movement of people?
While the management of the Schengen area has been subject of intense discussion between Member States and the European institutions, Notre Europe and the European Policy Center organised on 20 September 2012 a debate on the free movement of people with Carlos Coelho, Stefano Manservisi, Yves Pascouau and António Vitorino. Notre Europe proposes the synthesis of this debate
While the management of the Schengen area has been subject of intense discussion
between Member States and the European institutions, Notre Europe and the European Policy Center (EPC) organised on 20
September 2012 a debate on the free movement of people.
Four speakers illustrated their respective visions of the Schengen area:
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Carlos Coelho, member of the European Parliament,
member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs;
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Stefano Manservisi, Director General of the DG Home
Affairs with the European Commission;
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Yves
Pascouau,senior political
analyst with the EPC and author of the Policy Paper “Schengen and solidarity: the fragile
balance between mutual trust and mistrust” co-published by Notre Europe and EPC ;
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António Vitorino, president of Notre Europe and former European commissioner for justice and home
affairs.
The debate concentrated on three main issues:
- 1 – The unanimous agreement on the need for a
thorough overhaul of the way the Schengen area is governed; - 2 – The intense discussion on the legal basis
applicable to the governance of the Schengen area; - 3 – The link between free movement, public
cooperation, visas and migrations.
The debate ended with a presentation of the results of an opinion poll on
the freedom of movement conducted among the audience.
Synthesis avaible here
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
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MÉDIAS
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Migrants : la France espère une sortie de crise à Bruxelles
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Migrants : que vont devenir les rescapés de l’Ocean Viking ?
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L’interdiction des visas russes, nouveau terrain de division de l’Union européenne
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Interdire les touristes russes ? “L’intérêt de l’UE n’est pas de s’aliéner 146 millions de gens”
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Malgré les efforts français, le Pacte asile et migration toujours dans le flou
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Faut-il réformer Schengen?
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Migrations: la fermeture des frontières, seul consensus européen
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Covid-19 : en fermant ses frontières, l’Allemagne accentue la “totale cacophonie entre les Etats européens”, critique un chercheur
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UE : des décisions en commun sur le retour des frontières
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«En fermant l’accès, on permet aux réseaux parallèles de prospérer»
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Pacte migratoire : les pays du sud sauveront-il le principe de solidarité ?
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Migration et asile: l’Europe de l’impuissance
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Immigration: le coup de pression de Macron sur l’Italie
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Déconfinement en Europe : une réouverture des frontières en ordre dispersé
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Réouverture des frontières : « Si on ne peut pas circuler librement en Europe, il n’y a pas d’Europe »
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“J’espère que l’Europe entière va éliminer ses frontières dans les semaines qui viennent”
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“Plus la situation est exceptionnelle, plus le recours à la souveraineté s’accroît”
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L’avenir de l’Europe passe-t-il par le retour des frontières ?
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The Jacques Delors’ Institute’s report on the “liberté de circulation des Européens” quoted in Marianne
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The Schengen area and the extension of the border control within the EU – Yves Pascouau dans Le Monde
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The European system of asylum seekers – Yves Pascouau in La Croix
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EU’s external border controls – Yves Pascouau Le Monde
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The fear of a militarisation of the borders – Yves Pascouau on Deutsche Welle
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Yves Pascouau on France Culture about the Schengen area
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Pascal Lamy on Rai Radio 1 on the Single Market and free movement
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Yves Pascouau on RFI: “Sécurité: faut-il rétablir le contrôle aux frontières intérieures de l’UE?”
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Yves Pascouau on the morning programme of Europe1: all is done to save Schengen
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