EUROPA - Press Releases - The European Union celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Schengen Area

EUROPA - Press Releases - The European Union celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Schengen Area

(...) The Schengen agreement was signed on the 14 June 1985 by Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The agreement, and the subsequent convention adopted in 1990 to implement it agreed to abolish systematic border controls between the countries, allowing free movement of persons. With the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999, the Schengen cooperation was integrated into the EU legal and institutional framework.(...)