Cultura y Educación

The name of Schengen, a small village in Luxembourg close to the border with Germany and France, has become synonymous with the free movement of people in Europe. The abolition of internal border controls has gone hand in hand with common rules for controlling external borders and reinforced judicial and police cooperation for combating crime. Each state in the Schengen area is regularly assessed by the EU competent bodies to check that it applies the agreed rules correctly. The Schengen area without internal border controls currently covers 27 countries (23 European Union Member States and 4 associated states), which apply the entire Schengen acquis.

Actualmente el espacio Schengen sin controles en las fronteras interiores comprende 27 países (23 Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y 4 Estados asociados) que aplican íntegramente el acervo de Schengen.

Inflation has been coming down but is projected to remain too high for too long. The Governing Council is determined to ensure that inflation returns to its 2% medium-term target in a timely manner. It therefore decided at its meeting on 15 June 2023 to raise the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points.