Having passed several of these new "borders" they're nothing like previous country borders. At most you'll see some cops stand on the border, looking at cars passing through, doing selective searches
Yes, and the objective is not stop flow of movement of Schengen members but catch migrants without a valid EU visa, like CPLP migrants that can easily get a visa for work in Portugal but that visa is not valid for other EU countries.
@matraquilhochumbo352 EU economy have always depended on influx of cheap labor. You do realize all countries need low paid low skilled workers to operate? And Europeans don't want to do grueling labor for peanuts, they just want to use the results of that labor
@NJ-wb1cz Exactly. The first question to ask is why is there a need for foreign workers in the first place? As long as there will be an infrastructural need, it will have to be filled. As you say the EU is built on that, but some people still don't seem to get it.
Wait I thought the EU was moving toward a united Europe. How can we stand against the likes of US without being united. I swear it’s all talk with these politicians. They forget what they talk about in Davos in weeks. I don’t see a New Yorker having to be searched when traveling to Texas
@Evemeister12wait a second that’s not what those people from davos said. Heck carney got a standing applause from the Europeans why he gave his move away from America speech. I thought the Finnish president said Europe can defend itself unequivocally
I read an article recently about Spain legalising the status of more than 800,000 illegal economic migrants from South America. And Italy has been allowing non-EU nationals who have *very* dubious claims of historic family ties to become citizens and then live in Germany or Spain. The EU / Merkle's unbridled desire to import economic supplicants was allegedly a major reason why the UK left, and watching this video it seems like that fire is still burning.
In Norway Eastern Europeans are completely under cutting Norwegians in the blue collar job market. They lower wages, and are not pleasant to work with.
If the EU wants to retain biometric information on that scale then its officials should be criminally responsible in the event of data loss. A simple apology is inadequate.
Have it for migrants, make it clear that zero responsibility will be taken. Want to enter the EU, this is the deal. Feel free to not come. Won't bother citizens (ergo, voters) if it does not affect them. In general, biometric data on immigrants is a no brainer, since bans are otherwise very hard to enforce.
Let's face it, there's no avoiding this new data-collecting-based total surveillance-state. It's just everywhere. Even Germany is running face-recognition pilot-projects in a couple of large cities. Although I honestly wonder how sensible it is to store everything on some cloud in the age of cyber-attacks. Right now it looks like it's actually safer to write things down on paper and put them in a drawer.
@patrivolta2484 This one is different than random checks or straight up AI surveillance everywhere, though. It is literally at the border checkpoint, the place where you yourself provide proof of identity for authorization to go into a country, which you do with a document that was given to you after they took their biometric details, just like they do with a driver's license. It is not like Flock or the bullshit UK does with random companies based in india, and laws that were literally written by some VPN cartel.
The solution as always is reaching a joint security agreement that coordinates police and security among the states and a common migration policy with a common asylum system.
@AlexanderBachmann It's something that should be done yes or yes, we cannot continue this back and forth between states over this issue if we wanna create an unified Europe. I also despise that politicians are using the topic of migration as an easy scapegoat for their domestic issues while vilifying other human beings.
@AlexanderBachmann it IS easier said than done, but only because it would infringe upon the abuse of power of local tzars. Devolution of power to a central authority is always opposed by the grifters who thrive by exploiting the pockets of power that would be exposed with the removal of these internal power rift lines.
@AlexanderBachmannyes, but that's why the eu exists: to make "easier said than done matters" easier. Simple payments across(most of) Europe was also a difficult taks, until the euro. Easy movement of people was also difficult until they made it work. Easy movement of goods.... Easy movement of the working class... Militairy cooperation... Energy... Policy... ... It is never easy, but at least the eu tries to make it easier.
Similar to Poland, Czechia and Sweden for the € they don't have an opt-out. If the people in the country elect a leadership with a will to end Russian ties in Cyprus, they will join.
The key problem is nothing will change. EES/ETIAS only covers people who enter at an official border crossing. The irregular migrants typically dont tend to use official crossings.
Not true. It is estimated that around half of irregular migrants originally enter the Schengen area very legally. With systematic biometric controls, it will make it easier to know who's who in case of voluntarily lost documents by those who refuse to return to their country.
@Fireinthesky67 however, that only works if deportations are possible. right now it's often impossible to deport people to their country of origin due to rigid protocols and even repeat criminals are left free with a notice to leave the schengen area. and even if it is, it takes months. in switzerland they get offered even 5000 euros if they agree to book a ticket and board the plane on their own.
@Fireinthesky67Deportion is a long process! Many will never leave! It still doesn't fix the issue of illegal migrants landing on a beach and throwing their documents into the sea.
@Robert-xy4xi Of course. It's just one step. But you first need to have better border control. Similar like you throwing water overboard won't fix anything if you don't fix holes in the boat. You need to do both highs. Throw water away and fix the holes.
On Flixbus from Bolzano to Munich eight years ago, the bus was flagged down by police not long after Garmisch. I am a white Kenyan, the double take on the policeman's face when he looked at my Kenyan passport was a classic.
Since it is most often forgotten when speaking about Europe, I’d like to remind you that we have the freedom of travelling without passport (and studying or working without any permit) since 1957 between all Nordic countries. It still exists alongside EU rules, and it makes things simple here in the North.
Yet when I crossed the Öresund by flixbus we had a control of four hours, officers looked through luggage and asked everyone a barrage of personal questions and documentation.
@hydrocharis1 not the same thing. With or without borders checks - EU Citizens have the freedom to move, work or reside anywhere in EU. Shengen simply removes the checks.
As an Icelander who has traveled extensively in Scandinavia, this is only true in theory. In reality every operator of a border crossing will be checking passports / national IDs. In fact as an Icelander the only piece of ID issued by our government that is considered conformant to EU regulation to be used for boarding an airplane is a passport.
@Lorre982I also had the same question, but I think they meant the countries that are not part of the EU but are part of Schengen. I was also wondering the same for Cyprus, but then I saw Norway in black!
Actually, no... There are 50 000 truck drivers missing in Germany alone. Very few people are willing to take on the job, because it's very expensive to get the driver's license for it and it's really hard on both body and family. Rest of Europe is in about the same situation, with the last holdouts being the Balkans and Poland. Unfortunately, not all Balkan states are in Schengen. So, this is more them saying "Don't aim that loaded shotgun at your face!"
Appeal: Storm Kristin devastated the centre of Portugal. There are more than 200.000 people without energy, water or communications. Road infrastructure has been affected by trees falling everywhere. From Figueira da Foz to the north of Lisbon and more than 100 km from the coast, communities are in desperate need of help. Even the emergency services are struggling to help.There is a press silence around it and people do not know what is happening. Half of the country is in tatters and nobody seems to care @TLDR EU news, please, please go to the terrain and investigate why nobody is talking about this. Do your public service!
It seems you've just found out that there has always been a hierarchy of people. This is why over 4 million can die in the middle east as a result of US and European invasions, and their suffering is deemed a sad but acceptable price to pay. Portuguese are seen on the lower level with the Balkans or Slavs, so their suffering only matters when it is useful for some other purpose. You should try framing your government as anti democratic and blame Russia for sabotage, maybe then Europe will start caring.
Hindsight is of course 20:20, but if much earlier in the EU's development they'd accepted the EU's border was everyone's problem, not just that country's, a good deal of the issues the EU now faces could have been avoided.
@TheBooban In most countries they don't get a job, just housing and basic food. The greater problem are mostly Southern European nations, where getting a job is simple.
Schengen establishes a common visa policy for short term visitors only (up to 90 days in 180) but NOT a common visa policy for longer stays for non-EU/non-Schengen country passport holders. Those longer stays are subject to national rules and restrictions - missing common rules also for stays in several Schengen countries for more than 50% of time in a year that usually means a kind of resident status and person subject to income taxes. Concern with those national long term stay rules are countries that have opened them to residents from countries that would not get Schengen visitor visa. Hungary for example for Russia and Belarus, but also citizens from other countries that were simply granted permanent residence visa to avoid other Schengen restrictions (such as a few years ago Covid travel restrictions). The EU Entry Exit System is on unnecessary overkill - entry/exit should be limited to biometric passports and could have been sufficient as the regular Schengen entry/exit control system allows to track overstays. But ETIAS is overdue - postponed too often for years now.
5:42 then what's the point in the visa exemption? the visa IS pre travel authorization, just seems like a way to reneg on previous free travel agreements outside of shengen such as the one with the UK
little correction at 2:05: The situation in Cyprus, compared to Ireland is not the same. cyprus is expected to join the schengen area in the near future and therefore doesnt have an optout, but that will probably only happen once the island is reunited. ireland on the other hand is not interested in joining the schengen area, because it wants to maintain the Common travel area with the UK.....
@Bncmplast fall northern cyprus elected a pro unification politician as their president, but i dont think this will happen anytime soon, because turkey has the final say in this regard and they are against it
@Bncmp regardless of whether it will be reunited (or not), they are still joining the Schengen area. You're probably thinking about NATO: they want to join but Turkey blocks them because of the split.
It's really annoying you have to press aggresively dirty computer for 20-30 seconds straight that is shared by other people and increases chance of risk of catching something as I travelled last December.
@vulcanmemes9770 in fact, they're right, if you don't give statistics or proof of what you're saying, you are following one particular agenda or ideology. And that applies to every ideology.
Why do I even have to show ID. I thought we are moving toward a united Europe. Also, I thought immigration was a good thing, the politicians told us we were doing the right thing.
@frcluc And how is having their biometrics going to help with that? All you needed was ID / passport checks *on the Exit* and a timer to confirm that a foreigner has overstayed their tourist/student visa, and then you can go find them just like you would if you had their biometrics. Thus the biometrics don’t help with this, unless the EU is going to require every EU citizen and resident to use biometrics to get food, drinks, and all other items one might need to buy so as to accelerate the tracking down of foreigners overstaying their welcome. Now that would be a fully tracked society, but not very private and very dystopian.
@stephanieseto2703 the EU already has ICAO Compliant eID Cards and every country, except Denmark has adopted national ID Card system. The new system is a brand new IT system that notified the authorities when a person hasn't left (prior to this, it wasn't recorded). The UK is doing the same and London already introduced face recognition CCTV so it will be easier to detect the faces of visa overstayers in public.
It is not. As EU citizen non EU citizens should absolutely be under more scrutiny. I just find it funny that when EU implements something like this it is "not needed" and "horrible". When US and tens of other large countries are collecting facial and finer biometric screenings for decades... but nobody is complaining about these? It's never come to my mind when I am travelling and visiting another country that they are not allowed to take biometric data. I am a quest there.
Not just the Balkan drivers but Morocco, Turkey, UK, Russia and other drivers further out east. Some sort of trucker visa that nullifies the 90 day rule when working would be needed.
I think if schengen is going to survive it would need a unified immigration policy and entry rules by all involved countries as for example someone could get into the eu by some country that has weak entry rules or is corrupt and from there go wherever they want.
@ZigZag-yl4dt every other form of transportation has special cases, so trucker should be exempt too because of how frequent the travel is. Getting a work visa takes way too long and doesn't line up quarterly schedules, so not really a good solution.
@ZigZag-yl4dtInstead of preventing migrants from entering the EU. Ten years later, Brussels introduces a law that hurts truck drivers and companies doing business with EU countries. brilliant
Why is there no mention of Spain just giving legal status to 500000 illegals? That is pretty much the most relevant point for why other countries have to break the Schengen agreement. If even one country starts handing out papers like Spain the whole concept of borders which Schengen represents, stops.
I don’t know. After watching the US ICE-mess I’m sort of leaning towards that we should strengthen our outer European borders first, then give the ones who is already here legal status (semi-permanent residency, but not voting rights unless they’re integrated) so they enter the system and is not part of a shadow economy, start encouraging peace and stability in the ME and North Africa, and encourage voluntary remigration. That’s actually how it used to work. The problem right now is that the ME is too wrecked and the poverty increasing. A lot of that has to do with Israeli destabilisation policies. We need to stop falling for the propaganda and start remembering that we’ve been next to the ME for 1 400 years. They’ve never been especially interested in us before, so this whole narrative of this “invasion” being voluntary isn’t really that believable. It’s far more likely it really is tied to the horrible wars over there, so prio 1 should be to not allow them to continue.
@VocabularyInTheMaking Europeans have had to fend off plenty of invasions from the Middle East in the past. Look up the Greco-Persian Wars, the Battle of Tours, the Battle of Vienna, the Reconquista, etc.
@TheRedHavoc not much compared to how often we’ve been down there and demography doesn’t change much after retreat. It’s been pretty stable. Ottomans was all the way up in austrian empire for a few years in the 1600s, but that was not an invasion for religious reasons but because we were basically crazy during that period. They haven’t been that interested in us, they prefer living in the ME, they always have. It’s always been us that’s been going there
@VocabularyInTheMaking How often have Europeans gone to the ME in force? It's mainly been the Crusades + the Age of Imperialism. There was no mass settlement of the Middle East by Europeans, so I'm not sure why you are implying that they have massively upended the demography of the area. Also there was the Ottoman and Arab slave trades, which raided European coasts for hundreds of years before they were ended by the growing strength of European powers during the Age of Imperialism. I'm not sure where you got the idea that Euro-ME relations have been a one-sided relationship of exploitation by the Euros of the ME but it's really been a back and forth.
“Require visa exempt travellers to obtain pre-travel authorization” - why the doublespeak and doublethink? “pre-travel authorization” IS A VISA. TLDR should be using reality as a basis and not EU euphemistic language. The copy should have read, “require visas for previously visa exempt travellers”.
It's always been the claim that an electronic travel authorization is not a visa. It's still a visa. Yes it's easy to get and you generally don't need an interview or show income/bank balance but its still a visa. Technically all EU citizens can enter USA visa free for 90 days but need a "pre-travel authorization" too.
no it's not it's like saying that ESTA is the same as a US visa 😂 for the first one you have to go to an embassy and go thru a complicated process whereas for the latter you just apply online and it's usually granted right away 🙄
@prplt No, I’ve applied for plenty of travel visas online, the process is not the important part. There are also “visas on arrival”, where you show up to the country pay a fee and it’s granted immediately. By not calling ETAs visas, they are just gaslighting us, and getting around laws and treaties by pretending they are something different. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…
Migration needs to be addressed, as it has been a major complaint among the EU’s citizens. If this causes inconvenience to some, Europeans must adapt, even if it means delays. I support immigration, but I also believe we need to establish strict rules and permit only those who enter the EU for legitimate reasons, while prohibiting those who intend to commit crimes or exploit the EU’s social system. Citizens, we are facing challenging and perilous times, and I am confident that our EU politicians will devise the most effective course of action to address these issues. One of our significant strengths as a European Union is the people who reside here. Let us not engage in petty bickering.
90 days is basically three months. I have zero expertise in the trucking industry, but somehow I feel that it wouldn't be difficult to have a truck driver enter and leave the EU without clocking 90 days...am I missing something major?
It is not about entering and exiting, but about stay. He can enter, stay for 10 days and go back with his truck to a non EU country. Then enter again for 10 days etc. And all those days count together. It is not possible to stay for 90days+ in a 180 day period. I am not advocating for removal of the restriction or giving them social status. I am just explaining why it could be a problem
They have to rest a lot by law, and those hours count in those 90 days, they also wait a lot for stuff that isnt in their control. So one could argue that theyre only working when theyre driving or loading and unloading, and system inefficiency is hurting them. These people pay their taxes and provide transportation for the already weak trucking market in EU, i dont really see a problem giving them an extra few days, it isnt like they live in the EU, they pay their dues in EU, buy stuff, support local shops and go home, its a hard enough of a job already. People saying that they should limit them to 90 days would be the first one crying because stuff is more expensive.
Yes, you are missing how the 90 days out of 180 works. When you leave the Schengen area the clock doesn’t go back to 0 before having spent another 180 days outside of Schengen. So let’s say you have entered on January1st and stay 89 days. Once you leave you have only 1 day lefts within the Schengen area and you will have to wait to the end of the year for the clock to go back to 0. Basically at any time you are in and look back 180 days you must not have spent more than 90 days in Schengen.
Per EU law, a truck driver can only drive 9 hours per 24 hour period. To get from Montenegro to Cherbourg (assuming a direct path and not following several delivery and pick up points along the route) what is normally a 24 hour drive is now 3 days to and 3 days back, which is 6 days. Probably more as I assume they pick up and drop off cargo through out the route. I picked Cherbourg because on my numerous trips to Ireland by ferry from Cherbourg, it was packed by truck drivers crossing Europe, on the regular, to deliver goods to Ireland. So it is a common destination. Anyway, that means 1 delivery route, is already a huge chunk of time. And they are driving year round. Assuming they are driving year round, that sounds like the exact opposite, it is extremely easy to surpass the 90 day limit.
Yes, truck drivers don't work 3-months on, and 3-months off. One trip doesn't take 90 days, but truck drivers don't take only 1 trip. It's their day to day job
@mettejakobsen7017nobody cares about if it works its what happens when it doesn't or when it's used in ways by the government that spy on you or restrict you and it was going to be mandatory that's what people hated
We have both fisical and Digital ID, out ID card are biometric Whit a NFC antenna, the card give access to a lots of gov service, change doctors, school systems change service provider and others.
But the thing is that we WANT these drivers. Because we have a shortage of them. And as we do, giving them some special consideration would be in everyone's interest, really. Of course, complaining that existing rules now being actually enforced is silly. But there's only 3 ways around it: Have less trade (no-one wants that), make the work accessible for non-EU workers, or give training and financial incentives to more workers in the EU (which is costly and can take a while to take effect).
@drsnova7313Having less trade with Serbia won’t change the EU’s trajectory. They’re literally collateral damage. And for long-distance truck drivers, the ultimate goal is to replace them with trains.
@pt60000An idiot will always find something idiotic to say. The issue here is freight transport across Europe: long hauls by highway. Obviously, the last miles are always done by road.
The other solutions are worse. You can try nicely asking each member state to give up their right of border control (good luck) and impose a continent wide migration policy. Or you can let Schengen collapse.
Although I got a visa from Germany last year for three months with a month of duration allowance, they just denied my second application in January! Everything is insane now!
We had to go through this mayhem when visiting Romania. It's not so bad with adults. Though it does take a while for the face scan to do its thing. But why do they require children to have a face scan? It was a nightmare. Half the kids were asleep from the flight. Parents trying to wake up babies and hold them in front of cameras for a face scan. Parents struggling to hold up older kids too short to be seen by the cameras while it takes 3+ minutes to get the images. Even on the way out it failed to capture an image of one of our kids. He kept smiling for the camera as he could see himself. But no, the system doesn't like that. Complete rubbish and no way faster than stamping.
Bruh stamping doesn't track how long you stay, and stamps can be falsified and error prone. Didn't you watch the video? This system is much better than what was previously being used.
@roccociccone597Will not stop illegal migrants crossing EU member borders. That is the problem illegal migrants entering not a an official port of entry crossing borders. EU members are pushing illegal migrants across each others borders. Germany was doing it to Poland and Germany was accusing Poland of doing it to Germany.
No, it was supposed to allow both, designed to boost tourism as well. If you have borders between EU countries, visitors are much less likely to book longer stays and explore more, which makes them spend less.
@josejoao1621 before if you were from a non-EU visa waiver country you couldn't use Schengen e-gates but an EU citizen could. Leading to the complaints of long queuing post brexit. Though some EU airports set up some UK only e-gates post-brexit to manage the flow faster. Soon everyone from Australia, UK, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Canada, USA, etc... will be able to use the e-gates. Downside is the biometrics and the "electronic authorisation" which at least to me go against the spirit of the European Project.
Yeah that’s a good idea. I believe china has such a system and it has contributed to good conduct and bettered the lives of their citizens. I guess the EU isn’t as high tech as the Chinese.
Whoa slow down there buddy. These people deserve a right to good life. Why deny them the chance to purse happiness? These people bring millions of investments into the countries and fill in the white collar jobs that people don’t want to do
They bring along more problems than they solve. Most come for the welfare with no interest in working and promote islamification and rise the crime rates.
@trechen1505 Those people often don't even speak the language of the country they are in and have no interest in actually integrating, let alone work a skilled job - if they work at all.
@SkyFreeze10well, it’s not like you have a say. I’m pretty sure the countries that allow immigrants in have protests about this but the politicians are like i have to listen to them?
Just travelled from the UK to Germany.. skipped a queue of 300+ brits waiting in line with 2 folks my includes waiting in the EU queue.. can't complain ;-)
6:50 that's very easy to sort out, just do the same as for airline crew, special temporary visa that does not count towards the 90 days.. about the caos, it just normal when one is implementing something that big..
Schengen won't work until the external perimeter is heavily secured and Fortress Europe is properly built and enforced. Countries deemed to have insufficient protections along their external borders should be excluded from Schengen until they remedy this and all illegal entries are removed.
EU borders are way more secure than almost Any border in the world. In most countries in the EU, less than 10% of the population originated from outside of the EU. In other developed countries like the US, the comparable figure is 17%. In Israel that's 20%. In Singapore that's 50%. The EU is the most exclusionary part of the developed world And is on part with middle income and developing countries. The problem with Europe is that there's nowhere near enough immigrants for it to be a functioning first world entity. In the US in many states towards if 25% of the population of the state comes from other states within the union, and the EU mostly hasn't caught up to this earlier. Not to mention the apartheid policies that immigrants to the EU face. The EU really needs so reform Schengen to be radically more inclusive. The EU needs 30 million more immigrants to be on-par with the US.
It seems like the main criticism is that existing rules are being enforced? Seems like addressing the rule rather than the enforcement mechanism is probably more important. It's a pertinent question of whether truck drivers SHOULD have an exemption, rather than a de-facto one arising just because administering the rule wasn't practical.
Can you cover the EU Australia ongoing agreement discussions details??? Specifically Australians being able to work in the EU on a free movement 4 years permit
You know that we in the EU already have Digital id since yerars right? Our fisical ID card give access to all online gov service, like change residence, chenge doctor, our medical history, Change service provider and so on.
@Lorre982Right and in 2929 when the Digital Euro rolls out, and the EU will control literally everything about your life, what you can spend your money on, where you can spend it, restrict your movements, cancel your money, only then will you say "Why didn't we listen to that British guy back in '26 who warned us about all this".
Sounds reasonable. However, I don't know if the countries that have reinstated border controls will be able to sell these measures to their voters, who were the ones who demanded them in the first place. The far right could easily spin a reopening of internal borders as the surrender of national governments to big woke EU or whatever
@thespanishinquisition4078 they are literally stronger than ever and growing lmao. I can tell your either an american or genuinely deluded beyond belief by that comment, because if you lived here you would know that 24/7 our MSM is crying about "da far right" aka people wanting BASIC border controls like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY
@kinghenriquevolta yeah its almost like leftists decided to openly support mass migration policies despite it overwhelmingly hurting average working people, and yet somehow STILL refuse to back down. Like buddy its literally the easiest issue on earth to fix, and yet you guys instead make up wild conspiracies about Elon musk or Trump funding the "far right EU" parties... nah, apart from some Russian collusion that has little to do with migration, the rise of the right wing is nearly entirely due to demographic issues caused by liberal and leftist parties in the past.
You seem like a bot but I'll respond anyway. Cyprus inswcure borders with whom exactly? Cyprus is an island with a UN watched No Touching Zone between North and South lol
@Basileus-d1q It's not their decision to make. They have an insecure border with a third country. If they were trying to join the EU today, they would get refused.
2:54 Poland? not really true, especially not repeatedly. We have only introduced 1 instance on this, on german border, because germany put checks on our border first. Donald Tusk's government claims that the checks will go down immediately when germany takes them down too.
3:35 "Polish PM Donald Tusk called Czechs unacceptable"
Thats crazy 😂
I’m Czech what did we dooooo 😭 🥀
@OxygenUser56 You are Czech, that's all that is needed
@OxygenUser56 too little kofola in poland!!!!! >:(
@OxygenUser56 Exist, have you guys tried not"?
1:41 bro, what the hell did the Czechs even do?
wdym?
lmfao, golden comment
Can't believe they abolished Czechs but not Slovaks.
@freekingfreaking246 Czechs sounds like 'checks' in English - it's a language joke
@piero_75 This
Having passed several of these new "borders" they're nothing like previous country borders. At most you'll see some cops stand on the border, looking at cars passing through, doing selective searches
Or you don't see anything at all. It's pretty easy to go around those "controls", and that's why they are a joke.
Yes, and the objective is not stop flow of movement of Schengen members but catch migrants without a valid EU visa, like CPLP migrants that can easily get a visa for work in Portugal but that visa is not valid for other EU countries.
selective searches of people with dark skintones
@matraquilhochumbo352 EU economy have always depended on influx of cheap labor. You do realize all countries need low paid low skilled workers to operate? And Europeans don't want to do grueling labor for peanuts, they just want to use the results of that labor
@NJ-wb1cz Exactly. The first question to ask is why is there a need for foreign workers in the first place? As long as there will be an infrastructural need, it will have to be filled. As you say the EU is built on that, but some people still don't seem to get it.
EU tightening rules without adressing underlying problems, classic move
Wait I thought the EU was moving toward a united Europe. How can we stand against the likes of US without being united. I swear it’s all talk with these politicians. They forget what they talk about in Davos in weeks. I don’t see a New Yorker having to be searched when traveling to Texas
@trechen1505 Europe still hopes for American protection
@Evemeister12wait a second that’s not what those people from davos said. Heck carney got a standing applause from the Europeans why he gave his move away from America speech. I thought the Finnish president said Europe can defend itself unequivocally
@Evemeister12 holy delusion
I read an article recently about Spain legalising the status of more than 800,000 illegal economic migrants from South America. And Italy has been allowing non-EU nationals who have *very* dubious claims of historic family ties to become citizens and then live in Germany or Spain.
The EU / Merkle's unbridled desire to import economic supplicants was allegedly a major reason why the UK left, and watching this video it seems like that fire is still burning.
Something it telling me it’s the same people who pushed for re-introduction of border controls are the ones screaming the loudest.
insane cope
Spot on.
In Norway Eastern Europeans are completely under cutting Norwegians in the blue collar job market. They lower wages, and are not pleasant to work with.
Open Borders and Green Energy are the best European Union policies... 🗽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲😂😅😆🤣👌
Care of your country/people/culture/laws/security => Get insulted of anything /facepalm
If the EU wants to retain biometric information on that scale then its officials should be criminally responsible in the event of data loss. A simple apology is inadequate.
Have it for migrants, make it clear that zero responsibility will be taken. Want to enter the EU, this is the deal. Feel free to not come. Won't bother citizens (ergo, voters) if it does not affect them.
In general, biometric data on immigrants is a no brainer, since bans are otherwise very hard to enforce.
Granting EU citizenship in case if data loss
Have you crossed a border with a residency card, ID card, or similar document? Do you have a driving license or an international passport?
Let's face it, there's no avoiding this new data-collecting-based total surveillance-state. It's just everywhere. Even Germany is running face-recognition pilot-projects in a couple of large cities. Although I honestly wonder how sensible it is to store everything on some cloud in the age of cyber-attacks.
Right now it looks like it's actually safer to write things down on paper and put them in a drawer.
@patrivolta2484 This one is different than random checks or straight up AI surveillance everywhere, though. It is literally at the border checkpoint, the place where you yourself provide proof of identity for authorization to go into a country, which you do with a document that was given to you after they took their biometric details, just like they do with a driver's license. It is not like Flock or the bullshit UK does with random companies based in india, and laws that were literally written by some VPN cartel.
So Germany imposed borders, Poland complained, Germany doubled down, Luxembourg complained to Brussels. WTF?
Why DO U CARE? Are u russian bot agitator? Illegal migrant?
Meanwhile Poland is doing the same shit to LT 😂
In Luxemburg, we feel more secure now , less criminals are pasding over the border
@crazydragy4233 If Lithuania cannot protect its borders and has 50% Russians as "citizens", why are you surprised?
In case you actually care: Germany imposed border controls on all of it's borders, including the one with Luxembourg, which is why they complained
The solution as always is reaching a joint security agreement that coordinates police and security among the states and a common migration policy with a common asylum system.
Easier said than done, I suppose.
@AlexanderBachmann It's something that should be done yes or yes, we cannot continue this back and forth between states over this issue if we wanna create an unified Europe. I also despise that politicians are using the topic of migration as an easy scapegoat for their domestic issues while vilifying other human beings.
@AlexanderBachmann it IS easier said than done, but only because it would infringe upon the abuse of power of local tzars. Devolution of power to a central authority is always opposed by the grifters who thrive by exploiting the pockets of power that would be exposed with the removal of these internal power rift lines.
@AlexanderBachmannyes, but that's why the eu exists: to make "easier said than done matters" easier.
Simple payments across(most of) Europe was also a difficult taks, until the euro.
Easy movement of people was also difficult until they made it work.
Easy movement of goods....
Easy movement of the working class...
Militairy cooperation...
Energy...
Policy...
...
It is never easy, but at least the eu tries to make it easier.
It has been done and is being implemented. The EU member states have made a migration pact, for this specific reason.
2:03 Cyprus actually does not have an opt-out and is committed by treaty to join the Schengen Area in the future
_...in the future._ So it currently has an opt-out, then.
@gh8447its not an opt-out if it was imposed on you as an entry requirement, you dolt.
Similar to Poland, Czechia and Sweden for the € they don't have an opt-out.
If the people in the country elect a leadership with a will to end Russian ties in Cyprus, they will join.
While turkey occupies the north, it's not a good idea.
@Evemeister12
Where do you see a problem with this?
The border between the occupation area and the rest of Cyprus is closed.
The key problem is nothing will change. EES/ETIAS only covers people who enter at an official border crossing. The irregular migrants typically dont tend to use official crossings.
Not true. It is estimated that around half of irregular migrants originally enter the Schengen area very legally. With systematic biometric controls, it will make it easier to know who's who in case of voluntarily lost documents by those who refuse to return to their country.
@Fireinthesky67 however, that only works if deportations are possible. right now it's often impossible to deport people to their country of origin due to rigid protocols and even repeat criminals are left free with a notice to leave the schengen area. and even if it is, it takes months. in switzerland they get offered even 5000 euros if they agree to book a ticket and board the plane on their own.
@Fireinthesky67Deportion is a long process! Many will never leave! It still doesn't fix the issue of illegal migrants landing on a beach and throwing their documents into the sea.
@Robert-xy4xi Of course. It's just one step. But you first need to have better border control. Similar like you throwing water overboard won't fix anything if you don't fix holes in the boat. You need to do both highs. Throw water away and fix the holes.
illegal*
Guys, at 0:35 seconds in, you've got the misspelling of "checks" in your green circle.
On Flixbus from Bolzano to Munich eight years ago, the bus was flagged down by police not long after Garmisch. I am a white Kenyan, the double take on the policeman's face when he looked at my Kenyan passport was a classic.
Funny, it reminds me of a youtuber emigrant from South Africa who got tired of explaining why he's not black.
Indian policeman would have asked you which fairness cream you use.
The irony, I guess you keep having to give a brief recap of European colonial history in these situations))
@nickvickers3486 Nah we do have mostly decent education here. It’s just not a common thing to see a white Kenyan
Make sure you blame the Checks and not the Czechs 😅
Since it is most often forgotten when speaking about Europe, I’d like to remind you that we have the freedom of travelling without passport (and studying or working without any permit) since 1957 between all Nordic countries. It still exists alongside EU rules, and it makes things simple here in the North.
Correct. 🇪🇺EU is a Federated Union State.
EU Citizens can freely reside, live, work, move within any EU state.
Shengen is unrelated to that.
Yet when I crossed the Öresund by flixbus we had a control of four hours, officers looked through luggage and asked everyone a barrage of personal questions and documentation.
@hydrocharis1 not the same thing.
With or without borders checks - EU Citizens have the freedom to move, work or reside anywhere in EU. Shengen simply removes the checks.
As an Icelander who has traveled extensively in Scandinavia, this is only true in theory. In reality every operator of a border crossing will be checking passports / national IDs. In fact as an Icelander the only piece of ID issued by our government that is considered conformant to EU regulation to be used for boarding an airplane is a passport.
Similar to Ireland and the Uk with the common travel area. Despite uk leaving EU we still can all work and travel freely within Ireland and the UK
Cyprus doesn't have an opt-out, it is required to join the Schengen area but can't because of the dispute with Turkey
two sponsors and one YT commercial in 9 min video?
This is classic TLDR topic/territory.... it takes me back 10 years when it was Jack and his laptop
Whit the same wrong map, at 0:04 the Maps show Ireland not part of Shenghen and EU.
@Lorre982I also had the same question, but I think they meant the countries that are not part of the EU but are part of Schengen. I was also wondering the same for Cyprus, but then I saw Norway in black!
Typo on 0:38 mark, it reads "cehcks"
Literally unwatchable
Tbh, I’ve started to appreciate small typos here and there in this age of ai enslopification. Makes it feel human
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Literally unwatchable because of this typo.
@ra1n99but AI slop is riddled with misspellings...
0:35 "Automated Border CeHcks"
for the podcast
Create problem.
Create 'digital solution' to problem.
Profit.
I've had to go thru internal border controls A LOT in the EU. I think there were controls more often than there weren't, in my experience.
lmao so the truck companies abused the system and now that the system gets rectified they are mad?
Exactly. Those drivers are working in the EU; they never were tourists. Get a visum to do so.
Actually, no... There are 50 000 truck drivers missing in Germany alone. Very few people are willing to take on the job, because it's very expensive to get the driver's license for it and it's really hard on both body and family. Rest of Europe is in about the same situation, with the last holdouts being the Balkans and Poland. Unfortunately, not all Balkan states are in Schengen. So, this is more them saying "Don't aim that loaded shotgun at your face!"
@looseycanon
Is it just me or there are too many bots regurgitating left wing trashtalk ( profile pictures of paperclips)
I counted 3 of you now.
@looseycanon so… get them a visa to legally enter for work.
@looseycanonHow is that an excuse for not following the law? It's not like they're banned from work visas, they'll be welcome if there's a demand.
6:25 Ah, Portugal has made the news
😂😂🇵🇹🇵🇹
Am I the only one who goes crazy with that high pitch noise coming from his mic?
2:10 I guess this is the first time Liechtenstein appeared on this channel
Thank you.
Are we just not entitled to privacy at all anymore?
Can you do an update on this when there is news?
Appeal: Storm Kristin devastated the centre of Portugal. There are more than 200.000 people without energy, water or communications. Road infrastructure has been affected by trees falling everywhere. From Figueira da Foz to the north of Lisbon and more than 100 km from the coast, communities are in desperate need of help. Even the emergency services are struggling to help.There is a press silence around it and people do not know what is happening. Half of the country is in tatters and nobody seems to care @TLDR EU news, please, please go to the terrain and investigate why nobody is talking about this. Do your public service!
they never go to the terrain, you're asking pears from the ulm.
@thespanishinquisition4078please spread the word.
It seems you've just found out that there has always been a hierarchy of people. This is why over 4 million can die in the middle east as a result of US and European invasions, and their suffering is deemed a sad but acceptable price to pay.
Portuguese are seen on the lower level with the Balkans or Slavs, so their suffering only matters when it is useful for some other purpose. You should try framing your government as anti democratic and blame Russia for sabotage, maybe then Europe will start caring.
@thespanishinquisition4078they don't want to, playing deniability. 😢
Not sure if there would be enough to fill up a video.
'Bad storm hits Portugal. Lots of people without basic services. The end. Buy our magazine.'
0:35 typo is driving me crazy
Hindsight is of course 20:20, but if much earlier in the EU's development they'd accepted the EU's border was everyone's problem, not just that country's, a good deal of the issues the EU now faces could have been avoided.
Exactly, Italy has been asking for help for decades - yet no one cared.
I came from the UK yesterday into Malaga. The biometric tech just wasnt working. Our passports were stamped in the good old fashioned way.
Hearing "National Security" every single day is going to give me PTSD at this rate
Until individual countries fix their immigration issues, this won't change.
why, eu needs to fortify outer borders, not the internals one
And that is a good thing! EU immigration is currently crazy bad
@fabrivignathey come in because the internals are weak! If you stop giving free stuff and letting them off, they will just stop coming.
@TheBooban
In most countries they don't get a job, just housing and basic food.
The greater problem are mostly Southern European nations, where getting a job is simple.
Immigration is a fake issue used by the far right to create fascists states
Schengen establishes a common visa policy for short term visitors only (up to 90 days in 180) but NOT a common visa policy for longer stays for non-EU/non-Schengen country passport holders.
Those longer stays are subject to national rules and restrictions - missing common rules also for stays in several Schengen countries for more than 50% of time in a year that usually means a kind of resident status and person subject to income taxes.
Concern with those national long term stay rules are countries that have opened them to residents from countries that would not get Schengen visitor visa. Hungary for example for Russia and Belarus, but also citizens from other countries that were simply granted permanent residence visa to avoid other Schengen restrictions (such as a few years ago Covid travel restrictions).
The EU Entry Exit System is on unnecessary overkill - entry/exit should be limited to biometric passports and could have been sufficient as the regular Schengen entry/exit control system allows to track overstays.
But ETIAS is overdue - postponed too often for years now.
5:42 then what's the point in the visa exemption? the visa IS pre travel authorization, just seems like a way to reneg on previous free travel agreements outside of shengen such as the one with the UK
little correction at 2:05: The situation in Cyprus, compared to Ireland is not the same. cyprus is expected to join the schengen area in the near future and therefore doesnt have an optout, but that will probably only happen once the island is reunited. ireland on the other hand is not interested in joining the schengen area, because it wants to maintain the Common travel area with the UK.....
Will it be likely reunited soon ?Genuinely asking sorry I am not very informed on Cyprus.
@Bncmplast fall northern cyprus elected a pro unification politician as their president, but i dont think this will happen anytime soon, because turkey has the final say in this regard and they are against it
@JohannesBeck-ze5zj Ahh ok, thank you, I am from the Balkans and there is pretty much this notion that it will never happen.Haha
"in the near future" and "once the island is reunited" don't belong in the same sentence 😂
@Bncmp regardless of whether it will be reunited (or not), they are still joining the Schengen area. You're probably thinking about NATO: they want to join but Turkey blocks them because of the split.
It's really annoying you have to press aggresively dirty computer for 20-30 seconds straight that is shared by other people and increases chance of risk of catching something as I travelled last December.
OMG, TWO advertisements in a 9 min. video??
YT standard these days
As long as 3 hours hahaha Lisbon airport had lines of more than 9h last december
What kind of ending to the video was that? How serious is the labour shortage in the HGV sector? Have you done no analysis?
its aganda-pushing disguised as news-aggregating
@glennreeves4542 "Anything I don't agree or have zero knowledge about with is agenda pushing"
@glennreeves4542yah sure tell that to Greece that turned working hours to 13 hours over labor shortages
@akselag1 And so what? Your solution is importing millions of incomp@tible people?
@vulcanmemes9770 in fact, they're right, if you don't give statistics or proof of what you're saying, you are following one particular agenda or ideology. And that applies to every ideology.
I am used to Papers Pleasing all the time…
Showing ID is enough.
Why do I even have to show ID. I thought we are moving toward a united Europe. Also, I thought immigration was a good thing, the politicians told us we were doing the right thing.
It's not enough. Many foreigners get tourist/student visas and overstay which is a criminal offence in European countries.
@frcluc And how is having their biometrics going to help with that? All you needed was ID / passport checks *on the Exit* and a timer to confirm that a foreigner has overstayed their tourist/student visa, and then you can go find them just like you would if you had their biometrics. Thus the biometrics don’t help with this, unless the EU is going to require every EU citizen and resident to use biometrics to get food, drinks, and all other items one might need to buy so as to accelerate the tracking down of foreigners overstaying their welcome. Now that would be a fully tracked society, but not very private and very dystopian.
@stephanieseto2703 the EU already has ICAO Compliant eID Cards and every country, except Denmark has adopted national ID Card system. The new system is a brand new IT system that notified the authorities when a person hasn't left (prior to this, it wasn't recorded). The UK is doing the same and London already introduced face recognition CCTV so it will be easier to detect the faces of visa overstayers in public.
It is not. As EU citizen non EU citizens should absolutely be under more scrutiny. I just find it funny that when EU implements something like this it is "not needed" and "horrible". When US and tens of other large countries are collecting facial and finer biometric screenings for decades... but nobody is complaining about these? It's never come to my mind when I am travelling and visiting another country that they are not allowed to take biometric data. I am a quest there.
It's very simple: Schengen to survive we have to introduce tight external borders. Only that way we can have free travel inside Europe.
Not just the Balkan drivers but Morocco, Turkey, UK, Russia and other drivers further out east. Some sort of trucker visa that nullifies the 90 day rule when working would be needed.
Gibraltar close to being added Shenhen too
I think if schengen is going to survive it would need a unified immigration policy and entry rules by all involved countries as for example someone could get into the eu by some country that has weak entry rules or is corrupt and from there go wherever they want.
I wonder isntead of importing immigrants why don't we focus on improving birth rates of europeans in general or at least to discuss it
Unless you arrive by boat.
Too little, too late.
Meanwhile Spain: Ok! Now watch this!
The Truck drivers have a point. There should be a special carve our for them.
Its called getting a work visa like everyone else
Nope. That will be abused
@ZigZag-yl4dt every other form of transportation has special cases, so trucker should be exempt too because of how frequent the travel is. Getting a work visa takes way too long and doesn't line up quarterly schedules, so not really a good solution.
@ZigZag-yl4dtInstead of preventing migrants from entering the EU. Ten years later, Brussels introduces a law that hurts truck drivers and companies doing business with EU countries. brilliant
@roccociccone597 Bot
At 0:38 in the green circle border checks are misspelled as “border cehcks)
Why is there no mention of Spain just giving legal status to 500000 illegals? That is pretty much the most relevant point for why other countries have to break the Schengen agreement. If even one country starts handing out papers like Spain the whole concept of borders which Schengen represents, stops.
I don’t know. After watching the US ICE-mess I’m sort of leaning towards that we should strengthen our outer European borders first, then give the ones who is already here legal status (semi-permanent residency, but not voting rights unless they’re integrated) so they enter the system and is not part of a shadow economy, start encouraging peace and stability in the ME and North Africa, and encourage voluntary remigration. That’s actually how it used to work. The problem right now is that the ME is too wrecked and the poverty increasing. A lot of that has to do with Israeli destabilisation policies.
We need to stop falling for the propaganda and start remembering that we’ve been next to the ME for 1 400 years. They’ve never been especially interested in us before, so this whole narrative of this “invasion” being voluntary isn’t really that believable. It’s far more likely it really is tied to the horrible wars over there, so prio 1 should be to not allow them to continue.
@VocabularyInTheMaking Europeans have had to fend off plenty of invasions from the Middle East in the past. Look up the Greco-Persian Wars, the Battle of Tours, the Battle of Vienna, the Reconquista, etc.
@TheRedHavoc not much compared to how often we’ve been down there and demography doesn’t change much after retreat. It’s been pretty stable. Ottomans was all the way up in austrian empire for a few years in the 1600s, but that was not an invasion for religious reasons but because we were basically crazy during that period. They haven’t been that interested in us, they prefer living in the ME, they always have. It’s always been us that’s been going there
it’s 1400 years, if course there’s been wars, we share a landmass.
@VocabularyInTheMaking How often have Europeans gone to the ME in force? It's mainly been the Crusades + the Age of Imperialism. There was no mass settlement of the Middle East by Europeans, so I'm not sure why you are implying that they have massively upended the demography of the area. Also there was the Ottoman and Arab slave trades, which raided European coasts for hundreds of years before they were ended by the growing strength of European powers during the Age of Imperialism.
I'm not sure where you got the idea that Euro-ME relations have been a one-sided relationship of exploitation by the Euros of the ME but it's really been a back and forth.
ETIAS could be terrible for countries relying on tourism, like its counterpart was for the US
“Require visa exempt travellers to obtain pre-travel authorization” - why the doublespeak and doublethink? “pre-travel authorization” IS A VISA. TLDR should be using reality as a basis and not EU euphemistic language. The copy should have read, “require visas for previously visa exempt travellers”.
it's like the non visa visa UK has lol. Absolue bs
It's always been the claim that an electronic travel authorization is not a visa. It's still a visa. Yes it's easy to get and you generally don't need an interview or show income/bank balance but its still a visa.
Technically all EU citizens can enter USA visa free for 90 days but need a "pre-travel authorization" too.
no it's not it's like saying that ESTA is the same as a US visa 😂 for the first one you have to go to an embassy and go thru a complicated process whereas for the latter you just apply online and it's usually granted right away 🙄
@prplt No, I’ve applied for plenty of travel visas online, the process is not the important part. There are also “visas on arrival”, where you show up to the country pay a fee and it’s granted immediately. By not calling ETAs visas, they are just gaslighting us, and getting around laws and treaties by pretending they are something different. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…
@davepubliday6410 well I just told you the difference and you simply ignored it 😂
Sounds complicated
Migration needs to be addressed, as it has been a major complaint among the EU’s citizens. If this causes inconvenience to some, Europeans must adapt, even if it means delays. I support immigration, but I also believe we need to establish strict rules and permit only those who enter the EU for legitimate reasons, while prohibiting those who intend to commit crimes or exploit the EU’s social system. Citizens, we are facing challenging and perilous times, and I am confident that our EU politicians will devise the most effective course of action to address these issues. One of our significant strengths as a European Union is the people who reside here. Let us not engage in petty bickering.
@1:08 OH MY GOD WE'RE HAVING A FIRE! ...sale
90 days is basically three months. I have zero expertise in the trucking industry, but somehow I feel that it wouldn't be difficult to have a truck driver enter and leave the EU without clocking 90 days...am I missing something major?
It is not about entering and exiting, but about stay. He can enter, stay for 10 days and go back with his truck to a non EU country. Then enter again for 10 days etc. And all those days count together. It is not possible to stay for 90days+ in a 180 day period.
I am not advocating for removal of the restriction or giving them social status. I am just explaining why it could be a problem
They have to rest a lot by law, and those hours count in those 90 days, they also wait a lot for stuff that isnt in their control. So one could argue that theyre only working when theyre driving or loading and unloading, and system inefficiency is hurting them.
These people pay their taxes and provide transportation for the already weak trucking market in EU, i dont really see a problem giving them an extra few days, it isnt like they live in the EU, they pay their dues in EU, buy stuff, support local shops and go home, its a hard enough of a job already.
People saying that they should limit them to 90 days would be the first one crying because stuff is more expensive.
Yes, you are missing how the 90 days out of 180 works. When you leave the Schengen area the clock doesn’t go back to 0 before having spent another 180 days outside of Schengen.
So let’s say you have entered on January1st and stay 89 days.
Once you leave you have only 1 day lefts within the Schengen area and you will have to wait to the end of the year for the clock to go back to 0.
Basically at any time you are in and look back 180 days you must not have spent more than 90 days in Schengen.
Per EU law, a truck driver can only drive 9 hours per 24 hour period. To get from Montenegro to Cherbourg (assuming a direct path and not following several delivery and pick up points along the route) what is normally a 24 hour drive is now 3 days to and 3 days back, which is 6 days. Probably more as I assume they pick up and drop off cargo through out the route. I picked Cherbourg because on my numerous trips to Ireland by ferry from Cherbourg, it was packed by truck drivers crossing Europe, on the regular, to deliver goods to Ireland. So it is a common destination. Anyway, that means 1 delivery route, is already a huge chunk of time. And they are driving year round. Assuming they are driving year round, that sounds like the exact opposite, it is extremely easy to surpass the 90 day limit.
Yes, truck drivers don't work 3-months on, and 3-months off. One trip doesn't take 90 days, but truck drivers don't take only 1 trip. It's their day to day job
“Hard right upstarts”🤣
So European version of starmers Digital ID im sure that will go down just as well as it has in the UK
Dane here. I don’t know the British digital ID. We have digital ID in Denmark, and it works fine for most people.
@mettejakobsen7017nobody cares about if it works its what happens when it doesn't or when it's used in ways by the government that spy on you or restrict you and it was going to be mandatory that's what people hated
I dont think you realise how cucked the europeons are bro.
@HereBeCivilisation Id say you get what you voted for but who voted for von der lying her ass off
We have both fisical and Digital ID, out ID card are biometric Whit a NFC antenna, the card give access to a lots of gov service, change doctors, school systems change service provider and others.
Rights of free movement is great, but zero border controls is risky and only works if those with external borders actually control it properly.
It’s funny how non-EU members expect Brussels to bend over backwards for them. If you’re outside the club, you don’t get to enjoy its perks.
But the thing is that we WANT these drivers. Because we have a shortage of them. And as we do, giving them some special consideration would be in everyone's interest, really.
Of course, complaining that existing rules now being actually enforced is silly. But there's only 3 ways around it: Have less trade (no-one wants that), make the work accessible for non-EU workers, or give training and financial incentives to more workers in the EU (which is costly and can take a while to take effect).
@drsnova7313Having less trade with Serbia won’t change the EU’s trajectory. They’re literally collateral damage. And for long-distance truck drivers, the ultimate goal is to replace them with trains.
@astraydhurion7697 i guess i didnt notice the new train stations outside every supermarket
@pt60000An idiot will always find something idiotic to say. The issue here is freight transport across Europe: long hauls by highway. Obviously, the last miles are always done by road.
Gotta love the fact that the 'automated' category is misspelled
A lot of freedom of movement in some of the spelling today alright
Eu try not to turn into an elite supersurveillance organisation challenge
You know most EU countries already have digital ID systems, right? Get a grip of reality, not everything is 1984.
The other solutions are worse. You can try nicely asking each member state to give up their right of border control (good luck) and impose a continent wide migration policy. Or you can let Schengen collapse.
At least the EU does not demand your entire Social medis history when crossing a border.
Although I got a visa from Germany last year for three months with a month of duration allowance, they just denied my second application in January! Everything is insane now!
Focus on the outside borders, those internal border checks are based on lame excuses
Fun fact: Germany imposed border checks between Luxembourg and Germany at a little border town called "Schengen" a while ago
We had to go through this mayhem when visiting Romania.
It's not so bad with adults. Though it does take a while for the face scan to do its thing.
But why do they require children to have a face scan? It was a nightmare. Half the kids were asleep from the flight. Parents trying to wake up babies and hold them in front of cameras for a face scan. Parents struggling to hold up older kids too short to be seen by the cameras while it takes 3+ minutes to get the images.
Even on the way out it failed to capture an image of one of our kids. He kept smiling for the camera as he could see himself. But no, the system doesn't like that.
Complete rubbish and no way faster than stamping.
Bruh stamping doesn't track how long you stay, and stamps can be falsified and error prone. Didn't you watch the video? This system is much better than what was previously being used.
2:15 You forgot to mention Greenland, also operating as if they are part of Schengen.
Europe without open borders ain't EU
Last flight I took from Portugal to the Netherlands, had me do a full face scan when I entered.
I am european
I'm doubtfull that its gonna "fix everything", but need to try something to repair the broken Schengen
what is "broken" about it?
Nothing will ever fix everything. But it is a good start.
@cr4yv3n the whining about the immigrant boogeyman
@roccociccone597Agreed
@roccociccone597Will not stop illegal migrants crossing EU member borders. That is the problem illegal migrants entering not a an official port of entry crossing borders. EU members are pushing illegal migrants across each others borders. Germany was doing it to Poland and Germany was accusing Poland of doing it to Germany.
0:35 I just want a passport filled with cool stamps as a memento of my travels, is that so much to ask?🤧😭
Schengan were supposed to allow for free movement within EU, not from outside EU. No wonder this is happening now as a consequence.
No, it was supposed to allow both, designed to boost tourism as well. If you have borders between EU countries, visitors are much less likely to book longer stays and explore more, which makes them spend less.
@JeedMThat is true, but you have not disputes my proposition for how we got here..
@josejoao1621 before if you were from a non-EU visa waiver country you couldn't use Schengen e-gates but an EU citizen could. Leading to the complaints of long queuing post brexit. Though some EU airports set up some UK only e-gates post-brexit to manage the flow faster. Soon everyone from Australia, UK, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Canada, USA, etc... will be able to use the e-gates.
Downside is the biometrics and the "electronic authorisation" which at least to me go against the spirit of the European Project.
Oooh the Slovenian police in the intro haha.
why not just scan the electronic ID at an automated border check. just like passing your payment card on highway tolls or metro checks
Yeah that’s a good idea. I believe china has such a system and it has contributed to good conduct and bettered the lives of their citizens. I guess the EU isn’t as high tech as the Chinese.
@trechen1505 Cant tell if this is sarcastic or serious 😭
@crazydragy4233it’s the truth, look at the amount of high speed rails in China
probably a map error in this one i just want Zac to know I don't know where
If the EU at least stopped the NGOs trafficking millions of people into/across the EU...
Whoa slow down there buddy. These people deserve a right to good life. Why deny them the chance to purse happiness? These people bring millions of investments into the countries and fill in the white collar jobs that people don’t want to do
They bring along more problems than they solve. Most come for the welfare with no interest in working and promote islamification and rise the crime rates.
@trechen1505 Those people often don't even speak the language of the country they are in and have no interest in actually integrating, let alone work a skilled job - if they work at all.
@trechen1505 No thank you, not here at least.
@SkyFreeze10well, it’s not like you have a say. I’m pretty sure the countries that allow immigrants in have protests about this but the politicians are like i have to listen to them?
2:17 isn't ireland part of the EU as well...
Just travelled from the UK to Germany.. skipped a queue of 300+ brits waiting in line with 2 folks my includes waiting in the EU queue.. can't complain ;-)
lucky, I spent two hours waiting in line to enter Berlin, after the electronic scanning took seconds, my flight was only 1h 30mins!
Finally, only 11 years too late
5 years too late
11 years too late.
6:50 that's very easy to sort out, just do the same as for airline crew, special temporary visa that does not count towards the 90 days.. about the caos, it just normal when one is implementing something that big..
Schengen won't work until the external perimeter is heavily secured and Fortress Europe is properly built and enforced. Countries deemed to have insufficient protections along their external borders should be excluded from Schengen until they remedy this and all illegal entries are removed.
You can't have that whilst Libya is a lawless state. You can thank the USA, France, and the UK, for "uncorking Africa".
Italy tried to block ngo’s ship with the navy, but Germany and Brussels condemned Italy legally, so the problem is Bruxelles and woke people
EU borders are way more secure than almost Any border in the world. In most countries in the EU, less than 10% of the population originated from outside of the EU. In other developed countries like the US, the comparable figure is 17%. In Israel that's 20%. In Singapore that's 50%. The EU is the most exclusionary part of the developed world And is on part with middle income and developing countries. The problem with Europe is that there's nowhere near enough immigrants for it to be a functioning first world entity. In the US in many states towards if 25% of the population of the state comes from other states within the union, and the EU mostly hasn't caught up to this earlier. Not to mention the apartheid policies that immigrants to the EU face. The EU really needs so reform Schengen to be radically more inclusive.
The EU needs 30 million more immigrants to be on-par with the US.
So countries that are surrounded by Schengen and therefore have no external borders should have an easy life? How is that fair?
It seems like the main criticism is that existing rules are being enforced? Seems like addressing the rule rather than the enforcement mechanism is probably more important. It's a pertinent question of whether truck drivers SHOULD have an exemption, rather than a de-facto one arising just because administering the rule wasn't practical.
Great. More surveillance
I for one apose most all digitalization.
Can you cover the EU Australia ongoing agreement discussions details??? Specifically Australians being able to work in the EU on a free movement 4 years permit
I can't help but think it's Bart de Wever pushing hard on all these issues (immigration, free trade, fixing internal market...)
EES is a Digital ID rollout
No it isn't. EES registers only third-country nationals or dual citizens, and after certain period of time, information is deleted.
You know that we in the EU already have Digital id since yerars right? Our fisical ID card give access to all online gov service, like change residence, chenge doctor, our medical history, Change service provider and so on.
@Lorre982Right and in 2929 when the Digital Euro rolls out, and the EU will control literally everything about your life, what you can spend your money on, where you can spend it, restrict your movements, cancel your money, only then will you say "Why didn't we listen to that British guy back in '26 who warned us about all this".
I live in Belgium as a non EU citizen, I just went on a tour to Paris, only place I showed my passport was my hotel in Paris.
Sounds reasonable. However, I don't know if the countries that have reinstated border controls will be able to sell these measures to their voters, who were the ones who demanded them in the first place. The far right could easily spin a reopening of internal borders as the surrender of national governments to big woke EU or whatever
the far right is already in tatters, let them tilt at windmills that's all they're good for
@thespanishinquisition4078As bemusing as that mental image is, I'm afraid I don't think the far right is going away any time soon
@thespanishinquisition4078 they are literally stronger than ever and growing lmao. I can tell your either an american or genuinely deluded beyond belief by that comment, because if you lived here you would know that 24/7 our MSM is crying about "da far right" aka people wanting BASIC border controls like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY
@kinghenriquevolta yeah its almost like leftists decided to openly support mass migration policies despite it overwhelmingly hurting average working people, and yet somehow STILL refuse to back down. Like buddy its literally the easiest issue on earth to fix, and yet you guys instead make up wild conspiracies about Elon musk or Trump funding the "far right EU" parties... nah, apart from some Russian collusion that has little to do with migration, the rise of the right wing is nearly entirely due to demographic issues caused by liberal and leftist parties in the past.
@thespanishinquisition4078 Europe is literally having a huge rise in far-right 😅
Is "semi permanent" same as "semi full fat milk" or "semi death penalty"?
Of course those who abused and played the system, are mad that they're trying to fix it 🙄
Nobody should lose sleep over that 🤷🏻♀️
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So now they're realising that open borders between countries require those countries to retain border controls elsewhere? Interesting.
It's all show. If they were serious, they would eliminate pull-factors and stop naturalisations.
i seen typing wring 0:35 (cehck)
Ireland and Cyprus are not opt outs. They simply are not allowed due to insecure outside borders with their countries.
Ireland is an opt-out
You seem like a bot but I'll respond anyway. Cyprus inswcure borders with whom exactly? Cyprus is an island with a UN watched No Touching Zone between North and South lol
@Basileus-d1qyep no defence bill, relying on uk
@Basileus-d1q It's not their decision to make. They have an insecure border with a third country. If they were trying to join the EU today, they would get refused.
@DefnitelyNotFredIf they qualified for Schengen they would have been in Schengen ago
Once fent is passed thru Antwerp, it's flowing through
2:54 Poland? not really true, especially not repeatedly.
We have only introduced 1 instance on this, on german border, because germany put checks on our border first.
Donald Tusk's government claims that the checks will go down immediately when germany takes them down too.