The Temporary Reintroduction of Border Controls Inside the Schengen Area: Towards a Spatial Perspective
| Autor: | Estelle Evrard, Adolfo Sommaribas, Birte Nienaber |
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| Přispěvatelé: | IPSE research unit [research center] |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Governance
Sociology and Political Science Corporate governance Member states 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Perspective (graphical) 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Schengen Area 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Geographie humaine & démographie [H05] [Sciences sociales & comportementales psychologie] Border Studies Political science Political economy Political Science and International Relations Terrorism Human geography & demography [H05] [Social & behavioral sciences psychology] Securization Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux 050703 geography Law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Borderlands Studies. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis (2018). |
| ISSN: | 2159-1229 0886-5655 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08865655.2017.1415164 |
| Popis: | Following the terrorist attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Brussels (March 2016), several EU Member States have decided to re-establish border controls or to build walls inside the Schengen Area. Although these decisions are temporary and legally framed by the Schengen code, their extent disrupts the free movement within the Schengen Area, in particular in border areas. While lawyers and economists have analyzed the impacts of this situation, the spatial perspective has remained rather neglected. This exploratory contribution aims to address this gap in the literature by outlining the spatial significance of reintroduced controls for border areas inside the Schengen Area. This contribution firstly undertakes a literature review of the different conceptual tools at hand. These are then compared with a set of exploratory empirical materials. The article focuses more precisely on the Greater Region where France and Germany have reintroduced border controls, thus disrupting in particular daily cross-border flows with Luxembourg and Belgium. The analysis demonstrates that the border acts as a filter, disrupting cross-border flows and cooperation. Also, it sheds some light on the important role played by the ideational perception of the border for practitioners and decision-makers. This contribution concludes by suggesting several paths for a future research agenda. |
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