On October 7, the Interior Ministers of twelve member countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) addressed a letter to European Commissioners Margaritis Schinas, in charge of the Promotion of our European way of life, and Ylva Johansson, in charge of Home Affairs.
Despite its civilized and constructive tone, the letter constitutes a warning shot against European migration policy and a notice to act addressed to the Commission.
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Margaritis Schinas: "We will not be able to protect the European way of life without protection of the borders of the EU"
Offering to discuss and amend the
“strategy for a stronger and more resilient Schengen area”
, presented by the Commission in June, the signatories are not going by four ways: the Schengen Borders Code, adopted in 2006 and revised in 2016,
"does not sufficiently deal with illegal crossings of external borders"
, "
does not offer clear rules
", does not offer tools in the event of a
"serious threat"
, confines European instruments to
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