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Bavaria's demand for checks on its border with Austria sparked a 'domino effect' with reintroduced border controls by Austria, Slovenia, France, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium (Photo: dmytrok)

Safeguarding Schengen at Salzburg

The European Commission's new proposal, discussed at Wednesday and Thursday's (September 19 and 20) informal Salzburg summit, asserts that strengthening the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) will lead to the effective management of migration flows and thus help to guarantee a high level of security within the Union.

On that basis, the proposal is – according to the commission – "a key condition to preserve the Schengen area".

Such a rationale for reforming Frontex is flawe...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Bavaria's demand for checks on its border with Austria sparked a 'domino effect' with reintroduced border controls by Austria, Slovenia, France, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium (Photo: dmytrok)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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