Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001063/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Tomas Tobé (PPE), Pekka Toveri (PPE)
In the summer of 2022, the Council adopted the revised Schengen evaluation and monitoring mechanism.
According to the adopted regulatory framework, evaluations without prior notification to Member States may only take place if the Commission has ‘substantiated grounds to consider that there are serious violations of fundamental rights in the application of the Schengen acquis’. The Commission is thus prevented from carrying out evaluations of Member States’ border management on any other grounds without prior notification.
Compared to the Commission’s original proposal from 2021, this constitutes a severe weakening of the Commission’s toolbox with regard to evaluations conducted within the framework of the Schengen evaluation and monitoring mechanism.
Our questions to the Commission are as follows:
- 1.Does the Commission believe that the narrow scope of Article 19(4) of the Schengen evaluation and monitoring mechanism constitutes a problem?
- 2.What consequences does the Commission believe the differences between its original proposal for a revised Schengen evaluation and monitoring mechanism (2 June 2021) and the adopted version (9 June 2022) regarding evaluations without prior notification have had in practice?
- 3.What measures does the Commission intend to take to strengthen the monitoring of the Schengen acquis?
Submitted: 12.3.2025