PARIS: Europe’s passport-free travel zone that allows people to move around the continent without checks must be reviewed in light of the foiled terrorist attack on a French train, the Prime Minister of Belgium has said.
Charles Michel said Europe must consider reinstating identity and luggage inspections on international train routes in light of Friday’s botched attack, 30 years after border controls were scrapped in mainland Europe.
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He called for a meeting of European transport and interior ministers to review the rules.
Such a move would amount to a revision of a core pillar of the EU project – namely, that citizens can move between member states without needing to show a passport or identity papers.