European Union interior
ministers have proposed amending the Schengen Treaty that
created Europe's passport-free zone to combat the threat of
Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, sources said Thursday.
"This is a necessary step to strengthen (our) outer
borders, allowing for systematic checks (using) databases
containing (terrorism) risk indicators," the ministers said in
the Latvian capital of Riga.
Also on Thursday, sources said the European Commission has
adopted "new measures" and "technically updated" the Schengen
Information System (SIS) governmental database to speed up the
exchange of information on terror suspects.
The changes do not affect the Schengen Treaty per se, the
sources said.
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