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Member states called on by Parliament to redouble efforts to return to normal functioning of Schengen area

Brussels, 25/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 25 April, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee adopted the first annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area at a time when several member states are still operating checks at their internal borders and want, as Germany does, to extend these checks for a further six months.

In the report drafted by Carlos Coelho (EPP, Portugal), MEPs call on the member states to increase their “mutual trust”, through, for example, police and judicial cooperation,...