Paris angers EU over border curbs
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Under the Schengen convention, seven EU states - France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg - had been due to end all internal border controls last night after a three-month initial test phase.
France argued that loopholes in the accord had led to increased drugs trafficking and illegal immigration. Reuter
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