(supersedes previous)(ANSA) - Brussels, December 15 - The
European Commission on Tuesday proposed changing the Schengen
Borders Code in order to make it mandatory to systematically
check citizens entering and exiting the external borders of the
Schengen Area.
A recent council of interior ministers requested the changes
to fight Islamist fundamentalist terrorism and catch returning
foreign fighters.
As well, it proposed setting up a European border agency
with powers to intervene to protect the Union's outer borders
against the will of single countries, if it deems the situation
to pose a threat to the Schengen Area as a whole.
EC proposes changes to Schengen Code
And new border agency with more powers