Europe’s Open-Border Dilemma: Is Schengen a Success?

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Europe’s Open-Border Dilemma: Is Schengen a Success?

Europe’s Schengen zone, which allows Europeans to travel freely across the continent, is turning thirty. Faced with a major migration crisis, can the system survive?

By Marc Pierini

Published on May 27, 2015

Source: Euronews

Speaking to Euronews’ On the Frontline, Marc Pierini was asked to comment on the threats facing the Schengen zone. He was joined by Sergio Carrera from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament and former Vice-President of the European Commission.

This broadcast was originally aired on Euronews.

About the Author

Marc Pierini

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Marc Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.

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