Schengen

Germany wants to introduce checks at all its land borders for six months from September 16. The federal government wants to reduce illegal migration and increase security in the country. Germany will be able to refuse refugees at its borders. Austria has already announced that it will not accept any rejected migrants at its borders. Viktor Daněk, deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute, commented for the main evening news broadcast on TV Nova.

The Euroskop website published a report from our debate Café Evropa "Opening borders: When will we be able to travel in Schengen again", which took place on 8 June.

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy would like to cordially invite you to the next debate in the Café Evropa series. Because of the anti-coronavirus measures, it will be broadcasted online. The discussion will focus on re-opening borders in Schengen that are closed due to the current pandemic. The event will take place on Monday, June 8th.

Žiga Faktor authored an EU Monitor on the prospects of Schengen entrance of the states of Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.

Our director Vladimír Bartovic was a guest on a Slovak TV show In the Centre of Europe.

In an interview for Čro Plus, our research fellow Michal Vít commented on the newly introduced visa-free travel into the EU for Ukrainians.

Our Research Fellow Christian Kvorning Lassen spoke to Rádio Slovensko RTVS on the subject of the migration crisis and crisis of the V4 countries due to the established checks at the internal borders of the Schengen area.

Austria has announced plans to implement border controls at its shared border with Italy at the Brenner Pass. Alexandr Lagazzi analyses such move with regards to both Italy's and the Commission's reactions.

Director of EUROPEUM Institute for European policy Vladimír Bartovic comments the future of Schengen in relation to the migration crisis.

Vladimír Bartovic answers questions on the Schengen area and the European intelligence services.