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Greece faces being sealed off from Europe to stop migrant flow in move that creates 'cemetery of souls'
Greece will have its borders effectively sealed off from the rest of the continent under plans to tackle the migrant crisis, European leaders proposed on Monday night.
The European Commission will consider plans that would see the frontier of the Schengen zone - the area which allows passport-free travel within Europe - moved north to exclude Greece.
Athens reacted with fury to the proposal, put forward by Miro Cerar, the Slovenian prime minister, and endorsed by Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, to turn the country into what Greek ministers said was a "cemetery of souls".
It does say the EC will 'consider' but given that Juncker is inolved, it's difficult to say that it hasn't been discussed at the top of the food chain.
In response to the above on another forum, this was posted
All the old divisions will re-emerge.
Do we really want to anchor our future to an EU which shows every sign of descending into infighting?
Growth is already stagnant across the Eurozone. A couple of years ago we were asked to pay an extra few billion because of the poor growth in the Eurozone.
Another million refugees this year and I reckon we will see an armed response manning borders.
Given that the Swedes and the Danes as well as the more right of centre countrys are rejecting the free movement of people, a central tenet of the EU, it's difficult to imagine that Schengen will survive.
It's certainly grist to the mill for the brexit campaigners.
End of Schengen?
Greece faces being sealed off from Europe to stop migrant flow in move that creates 'cemetery of souls'
Greece will have its borders effectively sealed off from the rest of the continent under plans to tackle the migrant crisis, European leaders proposed on Monday night.
The European Commission will consider plans that would see the frontier of the Schengen zone - the area which allows passport-free travel within Europe - moved north to exclude Greece.
Athens reacted with fury to the proposal, put forward by Miro Cerar, the Slovenian prime minister, and endorsed by Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, to turn the country into what Greek ministers said was a "cemetery of souls".
It does say the EC will 'consider' but given that Juncker is inolved, it's difficult to say that it hasn't been discussed at the top of the food chain.
In response to the above on another forum, this was posted
All the old divisions will re-emerge.
Do we really want to anchor our future to an EU which shows every sign of descending into infighting?
Growth is already stagnant across the Eurozone. A couple of years ago we were asked to pay an extra few billion because of the poor growth in the Eurozone.
Another million refugees this year and I reckon we will see an armed response manning borders.
Given that the Swedes and the Danes as well as the more right of centre countrys are rejecting the free movement of people, a central tenet of the EU, it's difficult to imagine that Schengen will survive.
It's certainly grist to the mill for the brexit campaigners.
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