History of Schengen district

The Schengen Convention, also known as the Schengen Agreement and the Schengen Agreement, was signed by the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in the Luxembourg town of Schengen on June 1985+04. The Convention came into full force in July 1995. The member countries of the Schengen Convention are also called "Schengen countries" or "Schengen countries", and the whole member country is also called "Schengen area".

1On March 26th, 1995, seven member states of the European Union began to implement the Schengen Agreement, and the Schengen area was established. 1997, at the meeting on signing the Treaty of Amsterdam, EU leaders agreed to write the Schengen Agreement, relevant conventions and relevant provisions based on the former two into the main body of EU law, namely * * * Community law. With the entry into force of 1999 Treaty of Amsterdam,

At that time, the process of Austria's joining the Schengen area was suspended because of concerns about the borders between eastern and southern Austria and former industrialized countries. Italy, on the other hand, was suspended from joining the Schengen area because of the border security of its long coastline and the large number of immigrants from North Africa, Asia and the Balkans in its nearby waters. These two countries were only approved to join the Schengen area on 1997.

On February 5, 2006, the ministers in charge of internal affairs and judicial affairs of EU countries decided in Brussels to admit Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus to the Schengen Convention from June 5 to February 30, 2007. According to the arrangements reached by various countries, the EU will gradually accept 10 new member states to join the Schengen Convention. The land and sea border defense certificates between these countries and the existing 15 countries were cancelled in1February 2007, and the airport border inspection was cancelled on March 30, 2008. Only Cyprus and Malta requested that some border control measures be retained.

At present, there are 26 countries in the Schengen area: Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

The purpose of the Schengen Convention is to cancel the border checkpoints between them and coordinate the border control outside the Schengen area. According to this agreement, tourists can legally reach all Schengen countries as long as they hold a tourist visa from any Schengen country.

Schengen agreement

Since the signing of the Convention, more and more new countries have joined in. By the end of 20119, the number of Schengen member countries had increased to 26: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. These countries are today's Schengen area. Schengen countries are all EU countries except Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. On the contrary, Britain and Ireland are EU countries, but not members of the Schengen Agreement.

On February 5, 2006, the ministers in charge of internal affairs and judicial affairs of EU countries met in Brussels and decided to absorb 10 countries that joined the EU in May 2004 (namely Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta and Malta) from February 30, 2007. According to the arrangements reached by various countries, the EU will gradually accept 10 new member states to join the Schengen Agreement. The land and sea border defense certificates between these countries and the existing 15 countries were cancelled in1February 2007, and the airport border inspection was cancelled on March 30, 2008. Only Cyprus and Malta requested that some border control measures be retained.

Switzerland held a referendum on June 5, 2005, passed the Schengen Agreement by a narrow margin, and decided to join the "Schengen Area" in 2007, making Switzerland and Liechtenstein both non-EU countries in the Schengen Area.