France to reimposed border controls in wake of Paris attacks
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Under the Schengen rules, signatories may re-instate internal border controls for 10 days, if this is necessary for "public policy or national security" reasons.
2. If the problem continues, the controls can be maintained for "renewable periods" of up to 20 days and for a maximum of two months.- Published on 26 Nov 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Both
- An EU regulation in 2013 specified that such controls "should remain an exception and should only be effected as a measure of last resort, for a strictly limited scope and period of time".
- Any state that does so has to notify EU institutions and allow EU monitoring of the controls.
- France has also reimposed border controls that were abandoned as part of Europe's free-travel zone after recent Paris attacks.
- Earlier they were re-imposed after the bomb attacks on London in 2005.
- Austria, Portugal and Germany re-imposed border controls for some major sporting events, such as the Fifa World Cup.
