The European Parliament adopted on 24 November, by 619 votes to 45 with 28 abstentions, a resolution calling for a return to a fully functional Schengen area, which has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic since spring 2020.
This resolution follows a petition from the association Open Borders Europe. Carried by MEP Dolors Montserrat (EPP, Spain), she stressed that restrictions on freedom of movement within the EU should remain an exception during the pandemic and recalled “the need for...