Posted on 01/23/2016 10:20:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
The Schengen system of free movement could be suspended for two years under emergency measures to be discussed by European ministers on Monday, as the French Prime Minister warned the crisis could bring down the entire European Union.
Manuel Valls said that the “very idea of Europe†will be torn apart until the flows of migrants expected to surge in spring are turned away.
On Monday, interior ministers from the EU will meet in Amsterdam to discuss emergency measures to allow states to reintroduce national border controls for two years. The powers are allowed under the Schengen rules, but would amount to an unprecedented abandonment of the 30-year old agreement that allows passport-free travel across 26 states.
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Once again, Trump was ahead of the pack ...
Too little too late I fear. This should have been contemplated months ago.
Schengen rules also forbid an American from staying more than 90 days in Europe unless you have a long-term visa (a painful experience). If Schengen goes out...various countries might suddenly rig up various deals for long-term visas for American businessmen and it’d be impossible to bring Schengen back across all of Europe and get everyone to play by the same rules.
The myth of inevitability is broken.
Consolidate gains and press the advantage!
Europeans better revolt while they still can.
Maybe not the swankiest areas, but Brussels already has more than its share of muslim invaders. I was at a downtown metro station there about six years at school closing time. Thought I was in Morocco. A sea of North African faces, peppered by the occasional white one. And then there is the infamous Molenbeek district, “Belgium’s Gaza Strip”, which supplies terrorists and other jihad products to the world.
What they need is for their armies to guard the borders and interdict all immigrant boats in the Meditterannean.
Schlonged by Schengen?
For some reason when I entered Europe via Heathrow I didn't have to have my passport stamped. I then traveled through a few countries in Europe where I never had to have my passport stamped.
A week later when I tried to leave Finland for the US I was taken out of the security line and my papers were checked because there was no record on my passport of my travels in Europe.
Fortunately I had kept receipts of the hotels and restaurants I had been in, but they were still suspicious of me.
If you go to Europe and travel around, make sure and get your passport stamped in each country you visit, even if it means going out of your way to find a place that will give you a stamp.
They will more than their police and army to enforce the border controls and stop illegal border crossers. As long as they offer welfare state benefits.
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Barn door...horse, etc.
Good point!
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