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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10426
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

France and Italy breach Schengen's spirit but not its rules

Brussels 25/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - France and Italy breached the spirit of Schengen last April during their differences provoked by the influx of Tunisian migrants. On Monday 25 July, however, the European Commission announced that the measures that they had taken complied with the rules of the borderless area. The European Commission does not intend to take any action against these countries but did confirm its wish to produce proposals in September to avoid similar situations arising in...