2 Amendments of Sergei STANISHEV related to 2018/2092(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas maintaining internal border control in the Union or reintroducing such in the Schengen area has a serious impact on the lives of European citizens and all those who benefit from the principle of free movement within the EU, and seriously undermines their trust in the European institutions and integration; whereas maintaining or reintroducing internal border control entails direct operational and investment costs for cross-border workers, tourists, road freight transporters and public administrations, with crippling effects on the economies of the Member States; whereas estimates of the costs linked to the reintroduction of border controls range between EUR 0.05 billion and EUR 20 billion in one-off costs and EUR 2 billion in annual operating costs1a; whereas cross-border regions are particularly affected; _________________ 1a Wouter van Ballegooij, The Cost of Non-Schengen: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs aspects’, Cost of Non- Europe Report, European Added Value Unit, 2016, page 32.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas maintaining internal border controls in the Union or reintroducing such in the Schengen area appears linked to a perception of threats to public policy and internal security rather than sound evidence of the actual existence of a serious threat; whereas the abolition of checks at internal borders as a result of the full application of the Schengen acquis in previously acceded Member States has not led to higher crimes rates; whereas the Schengen enlargement of 2007 is associated with lower acquisitive crime rates in both the newly acceding Schengen Member States and existing Schengen Member States and has not increased the perception of insecurity among EU citizens2a; _________________ 2a Wouter van Ballegooij, The Cost of Non-Schengen: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs aspects’, Cost of Non- Europe Report, European Added Value Unit, 2016, pages 28, 31.