Extension of temporary border controls according with the Commission Roadmap:A small step “back to Schengen” or just a shy attempt against further regression of the status quo?
This month, several initiatives concerning the Schengen Area of free movement have been taken at European level, either as consequence of the political pressure some (core) member States put on the European institutions either as developments of previous interventions by the European Commission in the field. This last has for umpteenth time found a small window of opportunity to push its own agenda, i.e. ensuring a proper European response to the mining effects of the migration crisis has provoked on normal functioning within the Schengen Area. After two years of repeated unilateral national decisions, this institution is regaining control of the situation, gradually appeasing the differences among EU States and the reciprocal mistrust that is nowadays shaping intra-EU relations. (suite…)