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Is the EU shrinking? Visitors at the mini-Europe theme park in Brussels (Photo: Miguel Discart)

Dutch diplomat: 'Is there a mini-Schengen plan? No'

The Netherlands has “no plan” for a so-called mini-Schengen area of north-western EU countries, its top diplomat in Brussels said on Monday (30 November).

But the "concept" is being floated, possibly as a threat to eastern EU members which are reluctant to take in refugees.

The term “mini-Schengen” emerged earlier this month when Dutch newspaper reports said Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands might take the step.\n \nThe reports added the concept has been ...

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