Debate | 27/08/2007

Fortress Europe

by Meike Dülffer

The EU is strengthening its external borders. In order to secure the expanded Schengen area, new modern border installations are planned for the EU's eastern boundary, while the EU border protection agency Frontex is operating at Europe's southern limits. How does this external border change Europe? » more

Article | 27/08/2007

Who are the citizens of Europe?

by Rainer Bauböck

Current citizenship laws in the European Union vary dramatically. The tension between freedom of movement and national self-determination of citizenship has the potential to create serious conflicts. Taking European citizenship seriously means a shared understanding of who the future citizens of Europe are to be. » more

Analysis | 27/08/2007

Fluid Citizenship

by Ivaylo Ditchev

In Bulgaria around two million persons a year of a population of seven million are in permanent motion, working abroad, studying, coming back, investing, leaving again. This trend towards overcoming arbitrary socio-political spaces is most evident in the Internet's utopian horizon of absolute mobility. But is the downside to this utopia a loss of public spirit? » more

From the press | 27/08/2007

Open inside, closed to the outside

Is the EU open to immigrants or is it sealing its external borders out of fear of terrorism and illegal immigration.? A look at the new EU external border shows how the Europeans' attitude to immigration has changed. » more

Links | 27/08/2007

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Here you will find opinions in the debate over European borders and links to media, organisations and institutions concerned with the issues of border security and immigration. » more

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