Abstract
Freedom of movement is one of the basic achievements and effects of the European integration process. Benefiting from this freedom has become an important experience for millions of the Europeans. Crisis phenomena, mainly related to the migration breakdown, revealed institutional and legal problems and had an impact on public opinion. The sense of threat and political and organizational difficulties led to the decision to reinstate control on the internal borders in many places in the EU. As it appears from nationwide surveys, there is also acceptance in Poland of such activities. Research conducted on the Polish-German borderland indicates that also the inhabitants of these areas support such decisions, but the degree of acceptance of the restoration of border control is lower here than in national surveys.
Highlights
Freedom of movement of people is one of the fundamental achievements of the European integration process and is the right of every single citizen of the European Union
Having accepted the arguments of the countries the limited alternations were implemented. They concerned the implementation of a new mechanism in order to verify the usage of the legal heritage of Schengen (Council Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 of 7 October 2013 establishing an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and repealing the Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 September 1998 setting up a Standing Committee on the evaluation and implementation of Schengen OJ L 295/27 6.11.2013) and establishing the rules of temporary restoring the supervision of the borders (Regulation (EU) No 1051/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 in order to provide for common rules on the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances, OJ L 295/1 6.11.2013)
If one was to try to compare the results of the research realized by ZOBSiE (Zachodni Ośrodek Badań Społecznych i Ekonomicznych) on the Polish and German border with the results of the Centre of Research of the Public Opinion which were realized in the similar period of time, one could observe the essential differences in case of the analyzed notions
Summary
It is one of the most visible instances of a notion which was the limelight for the founders of the European Community. In the situation of a lack of an adequate and immediate response of the European Union led to the increase in the sense of threat and danger in many EU countries (Pachocka, Visvizi, 2018) It became a susceptible floor for the activity of movements and parties which created on the basis of whatsoever the main point of their political agenda. In that kind of “political ambiance” there arose a problem of bringing back to life the cross-border control in the internal of the European Union
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