Brussels, 04/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Allegedly illegal checks by countries at the internal borders of the Schengen area are “unacceptable”, bemoaned the rapporteur on the assessment mechanism of the Schengen border-free area, Carlos Coelho (EPP, Portugal) during the debate in the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg on Wednesday 4 July.
MEPs discussed the liberties that member states have taken recently with the rules of the Schengen border code, for example, the increased police...