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EU leaders consider two-year suspension of Schengen rules
The Telegraph ^ | 22 Jan 2016 | Matthew Holehouse, and Ben Riley Smith

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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TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alexistsipras; europeanunion; france; germany; greece; nato; schengenrules; schengensystem; syriza; unitedkingdom; waronterror

1 posted on 01/23/2016 10:20:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Once again, Trump was ahead of the pack ...


2 posted on 01/23/2016 10:22:01 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Too little too late I fear. This should have been contemplated months ago.


3 posted on 01/23/2016 10:29:56 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.


4 posted on 01/23/2016 10:30:43 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: MinorityRepublican
Send all the Muslim migrants to the swanky areas of Brussels, then suspend the Shengen rules.
5 posted on 01/23/2016 10:32:17 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Note: first backwards halting step by the globalists.

The myth of inevitability is broken.

Consolidate gains and press the advantage!

6 posted on 01/23/2016 10:33:12 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Europeans better revolt while they still can.


7 posted on 01/23/2016 10:35:49 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: grey_whiskers

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.


8 posted on 01/23/2016 10:43:08 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: MinorityRepublican

What they need is for their armies to guard the borders and interdict all immigrant boats in the Meditterannean.


9 posted on 01/23/2016 10:57:27 AM PST by PGR88
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To: catnipman
Once again, Trump was ahead of the pack ...

Schlonged by Schengen?

10 posted on 01/23/2016 11:00:04 AM PST by aposiopetic
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To: MinorityRepublican
I almost got into big trouble because of the Schengen rule.

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.

11 posted on 01/23/2016 11:03:19 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: catnipman

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.


12 posted on 01/23/2016 11:11:38 AM PST by Oldexpat
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13 posted on 01/23/2016 11:28:40 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EDST)
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To: grey_whiskers

Good point!


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