LIBE committee meeting about: Hearing on Schengen Border Management: state of play and further developments

A hand of an immigrant at the detention center of Filakio a village near Orestiada,some 900km north from Athens, on 17 October, 2012.The centre is the first stop for many undocumented arrivals arrested as they cross from Turkey into Greece.

Plenary session week 27-2012, Breaches of Schengen rules

Hannes SWOBODA, Joseph DAUL, Martin KAMP, and Daniel COHN-BENDIT

EP President meets 4 groups on Schengen

Plenary Session week 24 2012 - Legal basis of the Schengen evaluation mechanism

Statement by Martin SCHULZ - EP President on Schengen

A labor inspection team controls for illegal workers at a mine site in Luxembourg.

Conference S&D Upholding freedom of movement: an improved Schengen governance

Border crossing between Gaillard in France and Geneve in Switzerland on 15 october 2011.

Zaventem Airport

Border control at the Brussels Midi train station for passengers leaving the Schengen zone on the Eurostar train to the UK.

EPP Hearing on migration to the Schengen area

Press Conference. Schengen, Romania, Bulgaria

Plenary session week 23 - Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania

Council and Commission statements - Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen

Csaba SÓGOR, Simon BUSUTTIL and Jerzy BUZEK

Meeting with Jerzy BUZEK EP President, Simon BUSUTTIL, MEP and Mr Csaba SOGOR, MEP on Schengen

Press conference in Strasbourg on the Schengen space enlargement

Zaventem Airport - Border control

EP Plenary session - Council and Commissions statements - 30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy

During the plenary session (14-17 September 2020) in Brussels, MEPs debate on the Covid-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen and the single market. Closing statements

Covid-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen and the single market: Closing statements

During the plenary session (14-17 September 2020) of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate the lack of coordination regarding COVID-19 health assessments and risk classification and its consequences for the Schengen area. They are set to call for a common EU approach.

Covid-19 - EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session of the European Prliament in Brussels, MEPs discuss ways and means to lift border controls and related travel restrictions and are set to demand that internal borders be swiftly reopened and free movement re-established.

Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels (17-19 June 2020), debate on situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak. Closing statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency

Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak: Closing statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels (17-19 June 2020), debate on situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak. Opening statements by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), rapporteur, Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency and Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. his transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak: Opening statements by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), rapporteur, Nikolina BRNJAC, Croatian Presidency and Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels (17-19 June 2020), debate on situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak. MEPs debate

Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak: MEPs debate

This infoclip illustrates the opening of Belgian borders after the lockdown due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus outbreak). People can take the road and cross borders without control. Views of cars and trucks on the highway.

Infoclip: Covid-19 - Out of lockdown: opening of Belgian borders

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), rapporteur and chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), gives a statement on the situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak, in the European Parliament in Brussels, after the vote.

Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak: statement by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) rapporteur and Chairman of LIBE, and views during the vote

This Infoclip illustrates the Green corridor at the Belgium-Dutch border. Trucks and cars cross the border in Lozen, Belgium. Police control the border under the coronavirus confinement.

Infoclip: Covid-19 - Green corridor at the Dutch-Belgian border

Creation of the Schengen Area on 26 March 1995: This compilation of images illustrates the situation and border controls on the roads and airports from the 50s to the 80s. It shows the signature of the agreements of Schengen and the changes it implies after, at the borders: the desertion of customs offices, the fast lane at the airport for EU nationals

Memoclip: Before and after the Schengen agreement

During the plenary session (10-13/12/18) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania. Fabio Massimo CASTALDO opens the vote. The results are: 514 votes in favour, 107 against and 38 abstentions, the report is adopted.

Full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania: extracts from the vote on the report Sergei STANISHEV (S&D, BG)

Antonio Tajani, EP President, and Karoline EDSTADLER, Austrian Presidency of the Council, sign the Schengen Information System (SIS) legislative acts in the European Parliamant in Brussels.

Lex signing ceremony with Antonio TAJANI, EP President

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on Schengen Information System on the return of illegally staying third-country nationals. The results are: 489 in favour, 105 against and 41 abstentions. Statements by the rapporteur Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL).

Schengen Information System on the return of illegally staying third-country nationals: extracts from the vote and statement by Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), rapporteur

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the three draft regulations that will update the Schengen Information System (SIS), the most widely used information system for security and border management in Europe. Statements by Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT), rapporteur, and Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), rapporteur.

Schengen Information System: extracts from the debate (23/10)

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on Schengen Information System. The results are: 555 in favour, 67 against and 20 abstentions. Statements by Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT), rapporteur.

Schengen Information System: extracts from the vote and statement by Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT) rapporteur

During the plenary session (11-14 June 2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, a report by Monica MACOVEI (ECR, RO). The results are: 591 in favour, 68 against, 31 abstentions.

Implementation of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania: extracts from the vote on the report by Monica MACOVEI (ECR, RO)

During the EP plenary session (29-30 November) in Brussels, Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Presidency and Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA (EPP, ES), rapporteur, sign legislative acts on the introduction of an electronic entry/exit system to replace manual passport checks at the Schengen area’s external borders. The new system will register various data on incoming persons from countries outside the EU, admitted for a short stay of 90 days, and share the information with all external border control points to stop illegal entry and track over-stays.

Lex Signing ceremony: signature of the EES (Entry/exit System) by Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Presidency

Os legisladores europeus pretendem melhorar o Sistema de Informação de Schengen (SIS II) para intensificar a cooperação policial no combate ao terrorismo, à criminalidade internacional e à imigração ilegal.

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