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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10437
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/schengen

Commission wants greater say over border controls

Brussels, 24/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Member states in the Schengen area can reintroduce border controls as a last resort but will have to receive authorisation from the European Commission before taking any measures lasting longer than 5 days, compared with 30 days under the current rules.

This is one of the suggestions that the European Commission might be putting forward next month for the updating of the free circulation rules in the Schengen area, according to a draft document seen by...