German border-check move threatens Europe's frontier-free ideal

German border-check move threatens Europe's frontier-free ideal

Press quote (Bloomberg)
Camino Mortera-Martinez
13 September 2015

"Schengen is the essence of the European Union," said Camino Mortera, a research fellow at the CER. "Other countries may follow suit - Hungary, for example, might think it would be a good idea - and you could say that if Schengen were to collapse it could mean the whole idea of the EU is no longer valid."