26/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 23 October, the European Commissioner for Justice, Security and Liberty, Jaques Barrot, confirmed that a test ("Milestone") would take place before the end of the year (most likely December) to verify the viability of the second-generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). In the event of a failure of this test, the hypothesis of switching over to an alternative exists, he said, pointing out that it was still too early to condemn SIS II. A number of...