THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND THE BORDERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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25 March 2026
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15 November 2013
Abstract
AMID A DOWNTURN TO THE EURO AREA, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MIGRATION, COMMON POLICY ON SECURITY AND DEFENSE AND THE SCHENGEN AREA COULD BE OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE POLICIES WITH THE ECONOMIC RECESSION IS MORE THAN NECESSARY. SCHENGEN ENLARGEMENT ON ROMANIA AND BULGARIA, UNFAIRLY STOPPED BY LINKING THIS DECISION TO THE COOPERATION AND CONTROL MECHANISM, HAS IMPLICATIONS ON ALL ASPECTS OF EU POLICIES. ALTHOUGH THE ROMANIAN BORDER POLICE MEET SCHENGEN CATALOGUE STANDARDS, DELAYING ADMISSION OF ROMANIA IN THE SCHENGEN HAS CONSEQUENCES DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE AT THE PRESENT TIME. IT ACCUSES THE POPULISM AND NATIONALIST OUTBURSTS IN SOME WESTERN COUNTRIES, BUT IT IGNORES THE POLITICAL COSTS IN THE PUBLIC OPINION IN ROMANIA AND BULGARIA.
Keywords
FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
MIGRATION
MULTICULTURALISM
SCHENGEN
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