(19 Nov 2015, 10:55 pm)Andreos1 wrote I personally don't like Schengen and have voiced my concern on it (and the EU/single currency) for donkeys years. Mentioned it first on here quite a while back.Will have a browse through that link tomorrow when am not as tired lol
The whole agreement has to change in my opinion.
It was conceived during the Cold War and was obviously part of a vision to create a United Europe and to enhance trade, encourage free movement etc.
Quite an achievement if you think about what Europe was like back in the 80's, with the Iron Curtain.
However, I don't think you need an open borders policy to have free trade or movement. How many Brits work abroad in Germany, Spain etc? We aren't part of any open borders, apart from the ones within the UK.
How many trucks travel underneath the channel and across the North Sea?
If anything, by introducing the border controls of old, you are instantly able to monitor and record each and every person entering and leaving a country.
In the case of the Paris attacks, you are able to record the guys entering France from Belgium.
You would be able to record and monitor the guys entering and exiting the EU as they travel back and forth to Syria too.
Both instant deterrents' to the type of attack we have seen.
I would love to know where the weapons have originated from and if the story is true, about then travelling overland from Bosnia or other former Yugoslav states.
This is a good read: http://globalriskinsights.com/2015/11/sc...-pressure/)
The world is changing very quickly. In light of the current situation, with both people claiming asylum/migrating from the Middle East and Africa and the threats posed by terrorist organisations - I feel there needs to be the clamp down and maybe even totalitarian (!) monitoring of individual travel patterns/habits.
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