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EU eyes emergency Schengen border closures

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EU countries have agreed that border control in the Schengen zone can be restored temporarily under “exceptional circumstances.” The measure is moved by the uncontrolled flow of migrants into the EU in the wake of the economic crisis. Under the proposal, which was approved at a meeting of EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg, the control of national borders the Schengen Area would be... 

EU allows crisis-hit Spain to restrict Romanian workers

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Romanian Workers Spain has been given the green light by the EU executive to tighten restrictions on Romanian workers as it struggles with the highest unemployment in the 27-nation block. Spain will now require Romanians to have a work contract before settling in Spain and reverses a two and a half year moratorium that gave Romanian workers unrestricted access as fellow members of the European Union. The... 

France questions fundamental European principles

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France seems to have questioned one of the fundamental EU principles – freedom of movement within the EU. The possibility of revising the Schengen agreement by French was on the agenda in connection with the influx of refugees from North Africa, particularly from Tunisia. The discussion about a possible withdrawal of France from the Schengen area is the key point of the leader of the ultra-right... 
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