14 June 1985
Schengen Political Support
Mitterrand supported France's participation in the Schengen Agreement to reduce controls at participating states' internal borders.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Schengen in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Mitterrand supported France's participation in the Schengen Agreement to reduce controls at participating states' internal borders.
Leads France when Belgium, France, West Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Schengen Agreement on gradual abolition of internal border checks.
Dumas backs France's participation in the founding five-state agreement for gradually reducing checks at common borders. French policy couples freer movement with stronger police coordination.
During the Schengen process, Rocard leads France when the implementing Convention establishes detailed rules for a border-free Schengen area. French officials link border removal with operational law-enforcement cooperation.
In France, Joxe backs stronger external-frontier controls and security cooperation to offset removal of internal checks. French policy couples freer movement with stronger police coordination.
Dumas endorses the 1990 Convention defining common rules on borders, visas and cooperation between authorities. The French approach stresses both free movement and compensating security measures.
Provenance
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