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Schengen

Proper noun

Meaning

A town in southeastern Luxembourg

(politics) The Schengen Agreement: a treaty between countries in continental Europe abolishing mutual border controls and standardizing visa policy.

The Schengen Area; the area over which the Schengen Agreement applies.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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I think that each country must protect its own borders, and that is why I'm simply asking for the abolition of Schengen. Marine Le Pen

After a transition from a planned economy to a free market one, Lithuania became a full member of NATO and the European Union in the spring of 2004 and a member of the Schengen Agreement on 21 December 2007. Source: Internet

Austria became the first country to impose drastic curbs on travel from Italy on Wednesday, urgently reinstalling border checkpoints in the exact spots where they had been dismantled back in 1997 when the country joined the Schengen Area. Source: Internet

BRUSSELS: The European Union marked the 25th anniversary of its open-border Schengen agreement on Thursday with all its land borders shut or subject to heavy checks imposed in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Source: Internet

At the moment, nationals of visa-free countries who in the future will have to apply for an ETIAS authorisation are subject to the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation 2016/399, as amended). Source: Internet

As well as the UK, the US currently restricts visitors from China, Iran, Brazil, Ireland and the EU's Schengen Zone. Source: Internet

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