31/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, Commissioner Franco Frattini confirmed that, in December, the European Union would lift border controls for citizens of the nine member states which joined the EU in 2004. “We can confirm our original plans to lift land borders and maritime borders by December of this year, and airport borders by March 2008,” he said during a visit to Hungary. “We would expect to lift borders between mid-December and the end of December in the Christmas time, as...