Just before the Christmas blog-break, ECJ blog reported the extension on the “Schengen agreement” to cover 9 of the 2004 “Accession 10” member states – all except Cyprus, which hopes to join later.

Basically this means you can simply cross most borders in Europe without controls – something I found astonishing when I first experienced it in the 1990s, walking from Strasbourg to Kehl, the small town just over the bridge in Germany.

2008-01-04T17:56:00+00:00Tags: |