Border checks to be allowed only under strict EU criteria

A mechanism allowing for temporary and "very limited" border checks to be reintroduced between member states could be set up only if the EU commission gets a central role in the management and evaluation of the border-free Schengen area.

"Who manages Schengen today? It's the member states who evaluate themselves. But we need Frontex, the European Commission, perhaps independent experts too," EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said Wednesday during a press conference.

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