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

[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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