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Court of Justice of EU ruling is not yet reflected in ongoing work on reform of Schengen Code

Brussels, 04/05/2022 (Agence Europe)

The French Presidency of the EU Council will make new proposals for progress on the reform of the Schengen code on Friday 6 May, but it has not yet reflected in its work the lessons from the Court of Justice of the EU’s ruling of 26 April which gave a stricter reading to the conditions for renewing internal border controls.

Possible changes to the Commission’s reform proposal, which already strengthens the demands for justification to re-establish internal border controls, could...