The #Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 by five Member States (Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands).

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

The #Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 by five Member States (Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands).
When did the actual abolition of border controls start?

Bonus points for mentioning which two #EU Member States are not part of Schengen in the comments.

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[onepict@chaos.social]

@hpod16 Ireland

[ae_odner@sueden.social]

@hpod16
Great Britain, Norway

[zerohour@mstdn.social]

@hpod16 Which part of Germany? It was still divided

[olliejacqueline@mastodon.nl]

@hpod16 ierland en cyprus

[derickr@phpc.social]

@ae_odner @hpod16 Neither of them are EU member states.

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@derickr @ae_odner
But there are 4 countries part of #Schengen that are not part of the #EU.
Norway is one of them, but the UK is not

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@OllieJacqueline +2 points for you!

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@ZeroHour
East Germany was not part of the eu (or predecessors) before unification.
@hpod16

[zerohour@mstdn.social]

@notsoloud @hpod16 Yes, I thought East Germany would not have participated

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@ZeroHour
They were big on border controls
@hpod16

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

The correct answer here is 1995, 10 years after the agreement was signed.
In 1990 the Schengen Convention provided a legal framework for judicial cooperation & standardised visa policies.
The two #EU countries currently not in are Cyprus and Ireland. While the plan is to integrate Cyprus one day, Ireland has an opt out under the Schengen protocol.

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