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"Schengen: Achievements and Challenges in Managing an Area Encompassing 3.6 million km²." CEPS Working Document No. 284, February 2008

Bertozzi, Stefano. (2008) "Schengen: Achievements and Challenges in Managing an Area Encompassing 3.6 million km²." CEPS Working Document No. 284, February 2008. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    This paper assesses the achievements of the European Commission and the member states over the last six years in the management of Europe's internal and external borders. The key stages in the development of the Schengen acquis are identified, including the creation of FRONTEX (the EU agency responsible for coordinating the operational cooperation between member states in the field of border security) and the recent Schengen enlargement. The author attempts to explain the main reasons why the member states of the European Union have relinquished some of their much-treasured sovereignty and pooled their financial and human resources in a bid to manage and police Europe's external borders more effectively. Finally, this paper considers the fundamental question of how to make Europe's controls more effective, more technologically advanced and more responsive to the new challenges posed by globalisation, without impinging on the principle of the free movement of people.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > globalisation/globalization
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > Schengen/Prum/border control/freedom to travel
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Working Documents
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2008
    Page Range: p. 36
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:49
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7584

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