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brainlessareus
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I just traveled to Stockholm via Copenhagen and than back via Oslo and I think it is time we join the Schengen agreement.
In Copenhagen the only free place was in the Schengen zone, so they parked the plane than and send us via bus to the non-schengen terminal where 1 (one) border guard was on duty and I had 10 minutes before he scanned my passport.
In Oslo the non-schengen gates at the end of the terminal a good 10 minutes walk from the lounge. And again 10 minutes queue until the guard scanned my passport and that for going home!
I can travel from Lisbon to Stockholm without a single control but to go to Ireland I get the 3rd degree and my data is scanned against Europols list. What am I a citizen of 2nd class.
I understand that Ireland has a special agreement about travel freedom with the UK and that that is a main reason for not joining Schengen. But these days one needs ID to go the UK anyhow because the Airline won't take you without.
So what is the holdup there?
If the UK does not want to join, so what, Ireland is an independent state and if they want to do boarder control between Ireland and the UK than let them.
I am a EU citizen (well if there is not such a thing but you know what I mean), so what am I treated as a 2nd class citizen just because of some historic ties between the UK and Ireland.
Just my 2 cent.
In Copenhagen the only free place was in the Schengen zone, so they parked the plane than and send us via bus to the non-schengen terminal where 1 (one) border guard was on duty and I had 10 minutes before he scanned my passport.
In Oslo the non-schengen gates at the end of the terminal a good 10 minutes walk from the lounge. And again 10 minutes queue until the guard scanned my passport and that for going home!
I can travel from Lisbon to Stockholm without a single control but to go to Ireland I get the 3rd degree and my data is scanned against Europols list. What am I a citizen of 2nd class.
I understand that Ireland has a special agreement about travel freedom with the UK and that that is a main reason for not joining Schengen. But these days one needs ID to go the UK anyhow because the Airline won't take you without.
So what is the holdup there?
If the UK does not want to join, so what, Ireland is an independent state and if they want to do boarder control between Ireland and the UK than let them.
I am a EU citizen (well if there is not such a thing but you know what I mean), so what am I treated as a 2nd class citizen just because of some historic ties between the UK and Ireland.
Just my 2 cent.