• ITEM Workshop: 40 years of Schengen in times of border controls | 24 November 2025, Brussels

    Under the lead of ITEM, the expertise centre for cross-border cooperation and mobility at Maastricht University, experts from different border regions involved in the TEIN network have analysed the cross-border impact of the reintroduction of border controls in the Schengen zone:

    • Rhine border between Germany, France and Switzerland – Euro-Institut and GFGZ
    • The border between France and Spain – Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT)
    • The border between Hungary and Austria – Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI)
    • The border between Luxembourg and Germany – UniGR-Center for Border Studies
    • The borders in the Benelux area plus NRW – ITEM/Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross-border cooperation and Mobility

    The event will offer the chance to discuss barriers in the single market with researchers, policy-makers, national and regional experts and the European Commission (DG Home, DG Regio).

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