EU Home Affairs Council adopts return rules allowing hubs in non-EU countries
The EU Home Affairs Council adopts new return rules allowing hubs in non-EU countries, subject to human rights safeguards, and…
Agenda of the EU Home Affairs Council, 1 October 2026
Schengen Home affairs ministers will discuss the overall state of the Schengen area. After a...
Ceuta crisis divides MEPs over Frontex, Schengen and Spain’s migration policy
The mass arrivals in Ceuta have opened several political fronts: the Civil Liberties Committee Chair urges Frontex deployment and rapid…
Gibraltar: EU Commission and United Kingdom sign EU-UK Agreement
The agreement completes the post-Brexit legal framework for Gibraltar, removes barriers for daily cross-border movement and promotes closer cooperation while…
Agenda of the EU Home Affairs Council, 4 June 2026
Schengen Ministers of home affairs will start the day with a discussion on the overall...
Airports and airlines call for immediate Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) review
Airports Council International, Airlines for Europe, and International Air Transport Association warned that the Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) continues to…
Main results of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8 December 2025
EU Ministers of home affairs reached agreement on the Annual Solidarity Pool, the new mechanism that will lead to a…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council on 14 October 2025
EU Home Affairs Ministers exchanged views about a draft law on a common system of returning illegally staying third country…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council on 13 June 2025
Ministers for home affairs reached a political agreement about the temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees by a further year until…
Agenda of the EU Home Affairs Council on 12 December 2024
Schengen The presidency has put the adoption of the Council decision setting the date for...
Background on the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg
Home affairs ministers attempt to reach agreement on a draft regulation to protect children from sexual abuse online. They will…
EU Council gives green light to the digitalisation of the visa procedure
Following signature, the two regulations will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into…
Free movement: Talks on reforming Schengen border rules can start
Today, the European Parliament voted to authorise interinstitutional negotiations on reforming the Schengen Borders Code. With 370 votes in favour,…
S&D Group on corruption visa scandal in Poland
The Socialists and Democrats are appalled by the reports that the PiS government officials have been issuing thousands of visas…
EU Council: Remarks by President Michel following his meeting with Romanian president Iohannis
Brussels, 27 March 2023 Thank you President Iohannis, dear Klaus, for your warm welcome. It’s...
Euro and Schengen: Croatia joins the Euro and Schengen areas
Brussels, 30 December 2022 On 1 January 2023 Croatia will adopt the euro as its...
EP President Metsola at the European Council: Rebuilding trust, leading the Union forward
Brussels, 15 December 2022 Speaking to European Council, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola focused on...
Schengen area: EU Council decides to lift border controls with Croatia
Brussels, 8 December 2022 From 1 January 2023, checks on persons at internal land and...
Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia ready to fully join the Schengen area
Brussels, 16 November 2022 The Commission calls upon the Council to take the necessary decisions...
End discrimination and admit Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen, MEPs demand
Brussels, 18 October 2022 The European Parliament urges member states to allow Romania and Bulgaria...
EU Commissioner Johansson on visa issuance for Russian applicants
Brussels, 30 September 2022 Statement by Commissioner Johansson on general visa issuance in relation to...
Main results: Justice and Home Affairs Council on 3 March 2022
Live streaming Home affairs (Thursday 3 March) European response to the situation in Ukraine EU...
Remarks by Vice-President Schinas on a “stronger and more resilient Schengen area”
2 Jun 2021 “Check against delivery” Schengen has become a symbol of what Europe stands...
S&D Group: EU Commission must rewrite Schengen rules to stop border controls becoming the new normal
The S&D Group wants to see the Commission rewrite Schengen rules to reverse the trend...
Die Grünen/EFA zur zur Schengen-Strategie der EU-Kommission
Die heute von der Europäischen Kommission vorgestellte Strategie zum Schengenraum kommentiert Anna Cavazzini, Vorsitzende des Binnenmarktausschusses...
MEPs call for full return to borderless Schengen area and reform of Border Code
“Provisional” internal border controls have been in place since 2015, and pandemic is putting Schengen...