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"Dismantling Schengen would not have an impact on the functioning of the single market" (Photo: wfbakker2)

Would the euro really be in danger without Schengen?

The hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants pouring into the EU have put the bloc’s open borders, the passport-free Schengen zone under almost unbearable pressure with more and more countries introducing temporary border controls.

EU leaders have warned that dismantling the Schengen system would ultimately lead to the death of the single market, and shake the common currency, the euro.

However, economists say there is no direct link between the two, and that the dismantli...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

"Dismantling Schengen would not have an impact on the functioning of the single market" (Photo: wfbakker2)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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