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The Temporary Reintroduction of Border Controls Inside the Schengen Area: Towards a Spatial Perspective

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  • Estelle Evrard
  • Birte Nienaber
  • Adolfo Sommaribas

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Following the terrorist attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Brussels (March 2016), several EU Member States have decided to re-establish border controls or to build walls inside the Schengen Area. Although these decisions are temporary and legally framed by the Schengen code, their extent disrupts the free movement within the Schengen Area, in particular in border areas. While lawyers and economists have analyzed the impacts of this situation, the spatial perspective has remained rather neglected. This exploratory contribution aims to address this gap in the literature by outlining the spatial significance of reintroduced controls for border areas inside the Schengen Area. This contribution firstly undertakes a literature review of the different conceptual tools at hand. These are then compared with a set of exploratory empirical materials. The article focuses more precisely on the Greater Region where France and Germany have reintroduced border controls, thus disrupting in particular daily cross-border flows with Luxembourg and Belgium. The analysis demonstrates that the border acts as a filter, disrupting cross-border flows and cooperation. Also, it sheds some light on the important role played by the ideational perception of the border for practitioners and decision-makers. This contribution concludes by suggesting several paths for a future research agenda.

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  • Estelle Evrard & Birte Nienaber & Adolfo Sommaribas, 2020. "The Temporary Reintroduction of Border Controls Inside the Schengen Area: Towards a Spatial Perspective," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(3), pages 369-383, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjbsxx:v:35:y:2020:i:3:p:369-383
    DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2017.1415164
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