The Schengen Agreements and their Impact on Euro-Mediterranean RelationsThe Case of Italy and the Maghreb

Simone PAOLI

doi:10.5771/0947-9511-2015-1-125

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–12 Europe and the Mediterranean in the long 1980s Elena CALANDRI, Simone PAOLI Elena CALANDRI, Simone PAOLI 5–12
- 13–32 The Cold War as a Frontier:The Mediterranean Cleavages and the View from NATO, 1967-1982 Evanthis HATZIVASSILIOU Evanthis HATZIVASSILIOU 13–32
- 33–46 Images of the Mediterranean in Late 20th Century German Quality Press Karin LIEBHART Karin LIEBHART 33–46
- 47–68 Greece between Europe and the Mediterranean, 1981-1986.The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Greek-Libyan Relations as Case Studies Sofia PAPASTAMKOU Sofia PAPASTAMKOU 47–68
- 69–88 The EEC and Iran: From the Revolution of 1979 to the Launch of the Critical Dialogue in 1992 Claudia CASTIGLIONI Claudia CASTIGLIONI 69–88
- 89–108 Divergence in the Mediterranean.The Economic Relations Between the EC and the Arab Countries in the Long 1980s Massimiliano TRENTIN Massimiliano TRENTIN 89–108
- 109–124 Migration and Regional Interdependence in the Mediterranean, from the Early 1980s to the Mid 1990s Emmanuel COMTE Emmanuel COMTE 109–124
- 125–146 The Schengen Agreements and their Impact on Euro-Mediterranean RelationsThe Case of Italy and the Maghreb Simone PAOLI Simone PAOLI 125–146
- 147–174 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen 147–174
- 175–180 PhD Theses – Thèses de doctorat – Doktorarbeiten 175–180
- 181–190 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen 181–190
- 191–192 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren 191–192
- 193–198 Books received – Livres reçus – Eingegangene Bücher 193–198
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History , page 125 - 146

The Schengen Agreements and their Impact on Euro-Mediterranean RelationsThe Case of Italy and the Maghreb

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Simone PAOLI

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0947-9511-2015-1-125
- ISSN: 0947-9511
- ISSN online: 2942-321X
Abstract

This article analyses the implications of the Schengen agreements for the migration policies of the Southern members of the EC; in turn, it examines the implications of migration policy reforms consequent upon Schengen for the relations between the Southern members of the EC and third Mediterranean countries, with special attention to Italy and the Maghreb. On the basis of extensive research in archives, it demonstrates that the Schengen agreements were employed to pressure Italy into making its own migration policies more “Northern” and hence more restrictive. It also shows that the inclusion of Italy in Schengen was due in part to the desire to externalize border controls to transit countries; the intention of the Northern EC members was to reduce the number of persons entering irregularly while, simultaneously, reducing political costs and bypassing legal constraints implicit in such an attempt. Finally, it concludes that the Schengen agreements ought to be interpreted, at least in part, as a foreign policy initiative aimed at protecting the geopolitical core of the EC from a security threat: namely, unwanted mass immigration, especially from Southern Mediterranean countries. The entry of Italy into Schengen, therefore, was not without significance for its relations with privileged partners such as the Maghreb countries.
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