Michel FOUCHER Geographer and diplomat, holder of the chair of applied geopolitics at the Collège d’études mondiales (World Studies College) in Paris [vc_btn title= »Télécharger l’article » style= »outline » color= »blue » align= »right » i_icon_fontawesome= »fa fa-file-pdf-o » add_icon= »true »] Portraying Europe as having no borders is both dangerous and misguided, and makes it impossible to meet the security and immigration challenges Europe currently faces. The Schengen Convention does not abolish borders, it only abolishes systematic border controls. Genuine cooperation at both the national and European levels is needed to address these border issues. On the world stage, the European Union is unique geopolitically in that it combines four completely different border realities. With the Schengen Agreement, it has set up the most advanced internal free movement system. It is challenged with deciding on a strategy for managing its southern boundary limits because of structural migration pressures. It needs to deal with the boundary disputes raised by the 1989-1992
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