In the next few years, those who have the right to visa-free visits to the Schengen area should consider preserving this right due to expected changes in the status of some member states of this agreement.
Thus, back in the spring of 2019, during his press conference, Emmanuel Macron put forward the thesis that there is a need to reform the Schengen area, since decisions that were effective at the time of its creation no longer work. The French president considers it logical that some Schengen countries in 2019 will leave the area in this case.
Who needs reforms and why
According to the French leader, the self-identification of peoples is based, among other things, on state borders. At one historical moment, when the policy of openness became relevant, it was decided to create common borders. The result was the famous Schengen Agreement.
But having once been effective, it no longer works. The politician especially emphasized the need to revise migration policy, since for modern Europe as a whole, and not only for the countries participating in the Schengen Agreement, the protection of its borders is becoming increasingly important.
Emmanuel Macron also expressed the opinion that sovereign European states face the need to revise their policy towards African countries with their flow of migrants. "We are all responsible for respecting the rights of refugees, and each member of the Schengen Agreement must act in such a way that this responsibility is distributed equally among all," the French president said.
Which member countries may leave the Schengen area
Macron stressed that reform could lead to a reduction in the number of Schengen countries. Moreover, among the first candidates "for expulsion" may be states that categorically refuse to participate in the distribution of the flow of migrants arriving in the territory where the agreement operates, or are ready to accept only a minimal number of them.
Today, the Schengen area unites 26 states that follow common norms and have abolished border controls. Nine countries to one degree or another hinder the "benevolent" policy regarding the reception of migrants – Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Malta, Denmark, Greece and Slovakia.
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