The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) rejected unilateral closures of Schengen internal borders during crises in an opinion adopted on Thursday 13 October and called on Member States to consult regions on the issue.
Restrictions at the EU’s internal borders should be reintroduced in the event of a crisis only as a last resort, in ways that minimise disruption to border regions and are limited in time, says the Committee in response to the reform of the Schengen Borders Code...