BERLIN — Europe edged a step closer to full integration today with the removal of many of the region’s last internal border posts, a move that will entrust the European Union’s nine newest members with policing its eastern frontiers.
With a series of ceremonies across the continent, the nine countries on the EU’s eastern edge that joined the union in 2004 will take primary responsibility for screening many arrivals. European residents will be able to traverse most of the continent by road or sea without showing a passport or national ID card. for more click here