Czech Foreign Minister voices concern over possibility of Schengen break-up

Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has expressed concern regarding the possible break-up of Schengen and the renewal of internal borders within the EU. Speaking at a meeting of former Czech EU commissioners in Prague, Minister Zaorálek said internal border renewal would not only break up the European Union but seriously undermine NATO since EU member states would have difficulties fulfilling their commitments within the military alliance. The minister pointed out that if member states had to protect their internal borders they would not be able to deploy their troops in allied units. Minister Zaorálek said the crises through which the EU had passed in recent years revealed that one of its biggest problems was a lack of action-capability, which could only be overcome by greater involvement on the part of all member states.