The draft report by Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, French) on the reform of the Schengen Borders Code received a mixed reception in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (see EUROPE B13063A10) on Thursday 17 November.
The groups on the right of the political spectrum want the proposal to reinstate the instrumentalisation element of migration and internal return procedures (article 23-a), while the left-wing groups welcomed a report that returns to the original spirit of the...