• thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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      The treaty includes an obligation to abolish regular border controls.

      They can be temporarily reintroduced if needed, based on a proportionality requirement. The article argues this provision is being overused.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        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 :)