The Schengen agreement and the current migrant-sharing mechanism are deeply flawed and need urgent fixing, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Europe must "have borders" even if it means a smaller Schengen zone, he said.
In the first major press conference since the Yellow Vest movement took off in November, Macron unveiled a range of policy measures to placate the protesters, including a proposed overhaul of the European-wide migration policy and the Schengen agreement.
The embattled French leader argued that the agreement that guarantees free movement across the Schengen area, while being "wonderful," does not work anymore.
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EU will never function until leaders realise that having common borders mean having common security forces protecting borders.
As long as Belgium or Netherlands do not care at all about crisis on Greek borders, we cannot talk about any kind of unity.