EU interior ministers have given the green light to lifting controls at borders with the "new" member states by the end of next year if they prove ready to safeguard Europe's new external frontiers.
The agreement hammered out on Tuesday (5 December) comes after strong political pressure from the countries that in 2004 joined the EU, but not the so called Schengen passport-free zone within the union, of which only the UK and Ireland are not members.
Earlier this year, the original...
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