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The Iron Lady’s Schengen legacy: of commonsense, border fixations and Jacobin hubris
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The Iron Lady’s Schengen legacy: of commonsense, border fixations and Jacobin hubris.
The Iron Lady’s Schengen legacy: of commonsense, border fixations and Jacobin hubris
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It is a bit of understatement to say that Margaret Thatcher was no Schengen fan. In her vitriolic attacks on ‘Europe’ as a political project, she did not spare what she believed was an unnerving and ultimately quixotic quest to...
Schengen blues: critical (musical) notes on Europe
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There’s something about Schengen that makes it a favourite subject of creative types of all stripes. What this ‘quid’ consists of may elude us non artistically inclined mortals. After all, what can be so exciting about an utte...
Is it just an illusion? On Europe’s ‘common’ migration policy
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The question of the role and impact of the European Union and its institutions on European politics has been at the core of major political and academic debates since the project of regional integration was launched more than 60 years ago[i]. It may...
Nobel vs. Schengen: reflections on the EU, the peace award ceremony… and John Terry
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Awarding the most coveted peace prize to the European Union was no doubt a well-staged coup de théâtre. Not surprisingly, the decision has infuriated the (ever growing) battalion of Euro über-skeptics, who have cried foul. Crowning a freshly mint...
The Schengen visa…and jesus
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Getting a Schengen visa on time? It is often beyond the control of us mortals. So maybe somebody up there can help…. http://www.prayerrequest.com/topic/124176-let-me-get-a-schengen-visa-this-week-i-ask-in-christ-jesus-name-amen/...
Making sense of Schengen’s contradictions
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What a snub! Last month, the European parliament (EP), in an unprecedented move, suspended cooperation with the EU’s other main legislative body, the European Council, following the latter’s decision to exclude the EP from the supervision of...
How (popular) music reproduces the ‘Schengen myth’
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Can music, and popular music in particular, contribute to the reinforcement of the myth of Schengen as emblem of ‘freedom, security and success’, as EU officials often claim when referring to Europe’s border control regime? I think...
Schengen’s enlargement anxiety
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The doom and gloom that currently pervades the Old (moribund?) Continent has rendered its citizens and politicians particularly jittery. It is not surprising, then, that even Schengen, often hailed as one of the most successful stories of European in...
Déjà vu: Sarkozi and the spread of Schengenitis
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Here we go again. Under pressure domestically? Opinion polls down the drain?Need to boost yout tight-on-immigration stance? Blame Schengen, the source of all ills! Sarkozi docet (http://www.wat.tv/video/sarkozy-villepinte-accords-4xhqz_2exyh_.htm...
Schengen macht frei?
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Does Schengen really makes us a free? The performer Sarpinto does not think so, and he sings it out loud. Schengen does not always sound good, it seems… Sarpinto – Schengen Macht Frei http://soundcloud.com/sarpinto/sarpinto-schengen-macht-fre...
The (haunted) apartments that lead to Schengen
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Would you buy a house and never set foot in it (not even when you buy it)? For some Russians, a haunted dwelling in the Baltic Sea is worthy…a Schengen visa! http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1001461-apartments-lead-schengen...
Putin and the Eurasian Schengen…
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A post soviet Schengen? Putin thinks it is a good idea. Whether Russia’s neighbours agree is to be seen… http://rt.com/politics/promotes-schengen-first-article-991/...
A fish called Schengen (border)
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The picture here is an aerial view of land art installation by Polish artist Jaroslaw Koziara as a part of the Land Art Festival on the field between Horodyszcze (Poland) and Warez (Ukraine), which took place over the summer of 2011. Apparently...
