This WEEK in the European Union

This week justice ministers will gather in Luxembourg with the extension of the EU's borderless "Schengen" zone set to be a hot topic.

The issue has become politically charged with member states from the east, where the Schengen area does not yet apply, believing the reasons for delay are political rather than technical.

They have pledged to raise the issue at the meeting although the commission, which has said that the data systems are simply not ready for the expansion, has dism...