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The European Commission's far-reaching plans to beef up the protection of the Union's external borders have opened up deep divisions among EU member states. The split was exposed at a ministerial conference on external border management, held on 12 March in Slovenia.
The deepest rift, diplomats told Europolitics New Neighbours, appeared over the proposed reform of Frontex, the EU's agency responsible for coordination of border controls. Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini proposed, on 13 February, that Frontex, inaugurated in June 2005 and based in Warsaw, should play a much bigger role in the EU's border management. The proposal suggests that in the medium term, …
Source: HighBeam Research, BORDER MANAGEMENT REFORM : MEMBER STATES CAUTIOUS ABOUT NEW REGIME.