On Monday 30 November, the European Commission organised its first ever ‘Schengen Forum’ to prepare for the overhaul of the free movement area scheduled for the second quarter of 2021.
The discussion, in which Commission officials, EU interior ministers, MEPs, and associated countries such as Switzerland took part, focused on the improvement of the evaluation mechanism for the implementation of Schengen, which is suffering from delays, as well as on possible ways of overhauling the...