Open borders defy rising nationalism in Europe. We must protect them | Alexander Hurst

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Quickly, the absence of any kind of border became simply anodyne to me, and not just between Strasbourg and Kehl.
53% : Erasmus - the scheme that lent its name to a whole generation of students for whom it opened Europe's doors - and the Schengen agreement, which eliminated physical borders between most countries in the EU.
52% : Recognition of that is why the Schengen agreement allows the reintroduction of border controls only in a situation of threat to public policy or internal security, and then requires that they are a measure of last resort, minimal in practice, and temporary in nature.
49% : States should keep that in mind as they continue to nibble away at the way it has put so many borders out of sight and out of mind.
37% : Schengen borders can be temporarily reimposed in the event of a threat to public policy - but what if the reintroduction of the border is itself a threat to European public policy?
35% : Reimposing passport checks in the Schengen area creates new political lines in our minds - and that poses its own dangerWith so many economic and political challenges looming, the EU nevertheless began 2025 with a little bit of its old magic and a reminder that it's here to do far more than simply react.

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