Netherlands, in a Stinging Rebuke of the European Union, Suspends Schengen Agreement, Bringing Back Hard Border
‘We want to make the Netherlands as unattractive as possible,’ says the country’s immigration minister.
Call it a revolution in reverse. The decision of the Dutch government Wednesday to suspend the Schengen Agreement beginning in December and reintroduce hard border controls is a major move amid its crisis of illegal immigration and signals a new Euroscepticism.
The Schengen area consists of most of the European Union and is where internal border checks have for the most part been abolished. The Dutch decision — which will be in effect for six months —is a response to an illegal immigration crisis that has spiraled out of control and signifies a new Euroscepticism writ large.
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