Rudolph Franz Marie Lubbers14 June 1985
Leads the Netherlands when the five founding states sign the Schengen Agreement on progressively removing controls at their shared borders.
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Leads the Netherlands when the five founding states sign the Schengen Agreement on progressively removing controls at their shared borders.
van den Broek backs Netherlands's participation in the founding five-state agreement for gradually reducing checks at common borders. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.
In Netherlands, Korthals Altes starts adapting border and policing arrangements to the commitments created at Schengen. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.
van Eekelen helps review legal consequences of the agreement's programme for progressively freer cross-border movement. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.
In Netherlands, Hirsch Ballin backs the security and external-border measures needed to accompany freer movement inside Schengen. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.
During the Schengen process, Lubbers leads Netherlands when the implementing Convention establishes detailed rules for a border-free Schengen area. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.
van den Broek endorses the Convention's detailed rules for visas, frontier management and cross-border cooperation. The Dutch approach combines mobility with common security safeguards.
Lubbers helps lead Netherlands as Italy signs its agreement to accede to the Schengen Convention. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.
During the Schengen process, van den Broek welcomes Italy's accession as Schengen begins expanding beyond the original five. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.
Lubbers represents Netherlands as Spain and Portugal sign Schengen accession agreements. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.
In Netherlands, van den Broek supports the Bonn accession agreements bringing Spain and Portugal into the Schengen framework. The Dutch approach combines mobility with common security safeguards.
Lubbers helps represent Netherlands when Greece signs its Schengen accession instruments. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.
During the Schengen process, van den Broek endorses Greece's accession to the Schengen agreements at Madrid. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.
Kok oversees preparations for the planned operational removal of internal Schengen border controls. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.
In Netherlands, Sorgdrager coordinates legal, policing and information-system preparations before full Schengen implementation. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.
Kok oversees the Dutch transition to passport-free travel across participating internal borders as Schengen becomes operational. The Netherlands emphasises policing and judicial coordination.
During the Schengen process, Sorgdrager oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.
van Mierlo backs Austria's accession agreement as Schengen continues to widen. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.
In Netherlands, Kok leads Netherlands as Denmark, Finland and Sweden sign agreements joining Schengen. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.
van Mierlo helps back the Nordic accessions that extend Schengen cooperation across northern Europe. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.
During the Schengen process, Kok supports Amsterdam's protocol for absorbing the Schengen acquis into the Union's legal machinery. The Dutch approach combines mobility with common security safeguards.
In Netherlands, Sorgdrager helps maintain practical policing and justice links while Schengen is folded into the European Union. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.
van Mierlo backs replacing the separate Schengen structure with cooperation conducted through EU institutions. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.
Kok helps lead Netherlands when the Amsterdam Treaty takes effect and the Schengen acquis becomes part of EU law. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.
During the Schengen process, van Aartsen represents Dutch diplomacy when the separate Schengen system is incorporated into the European Union. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.
Korthals backs the Council's assignment of EU legal bases to the inherited Schengen rules. The Dutch approach combines mobility with common security safeguards.
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