Italian Foreign Minister
Paolo Gentiloni said Monday he hopes France won't request
closure of the Schengen Area in the wake of Friday's terror
attacks in Paris.
Gentiloni noted that temporary border closure under
emergency circumstances is envisaged under the Schengen
Agreement.
"I hope not," Gentiloni said when asked about the
possibility France may ask for a Schengen shut-down at a summit
of EU interior ministers on Friday.
Gentiloni added that in his view the terror threat can be
contained with more police checkpoints and "collaboration
between intelligence services".
The Schengen Area comprises 26 European countries that have
abolished passport and any other type of border control at their
common borders, also referred to as internal borders.
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