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Merz called for a departure from the EU's Schengen principle of free movement within the bloc, vowing to order permanent controls at all German borders on day one of his chancellorship if he is ...

Two Eastern European nations, Romania and Bulgaria, became full members of the European Schengen Area on January 1, 2025. The two countries, which both joined the European Union in 2007, had been ...