Nicolas Sarkozy calls for end of Europe's visa-free Schengen area

[joebloggs]

From a few days ago, but I don't think anyone has posted about it

Former French President calls for more exclusive "Schengen II" and the return of powers to National Governments from Brussels

Read more here ..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ngen-area.html

[Dedworth]

Well spotted Joe



His shabby country is one of the five founder members of the ludicrous Schengen Agreement

[grahamw48]

They were happy enough when things were run for their benefit...for about 50 years.

[Terpe]

Who's Nicolas Sarkozy ?

[fred]

Who's Nicolas Sarkozy ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy

[Iani]

Yet again, a former politician comes out with something which might have been beneficial, sensible and popular.........IF he'd done something about it whilst in power.

They always seem to come up with these ideas once they can no longer do anything about it.

[Dedworth]

Looks like the French are doing some pest control :-


Here we go again: French police surround squalid and germ-ridden Calais camp as they prepare to remove another 800 immigrants waiting to get to Britain

• Little resistance as the armed officers wearing body armour moved in at 8am
• Numerous incidents of men dying and suffering injury trying to get across
• Fears that there will be a repetition of 2009's so-called 'The Jungle'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3307LJX2R