EUROPEUS

When last night hundreds of people gathered on the bridge between Frankfurt/Oder (Germany) and Slubice (Poland) and elsewhere along the German-Polish border, they celebrated a historical event: the final opening of the border. As from today, 24 countries belong to what is called the “Schengen space”, which means that citizens from these countries can freely cross borders without a border control. This is a major step towards a united Europe and finally a step towards the European integration of the “new” European countries such as Lithonia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic or Hungary. Historically spoken, this opening ends the former European format of “West” and “East” to create a new European map. Theoretically, a citizen from, say Tallin in Estonia, can now travel to Algeciras, Spain, without being bothered when crossing the borders.