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Expansion of EU border-free zone faces delays II.

If the security system is delayed, passport checking at new countries' airports could only disappear in March or October 2008, as the system can only be introduced at the same time as the seasonal changes of air timetables. Ministers from the new member states insisted the EU should do everything possible to fulfil its promise concerning the Schengen zone. "We were assured [of the entry to the border-free zone] already when joining the EU in 2004 but so far we feel like second-rate countries," Czech interior minister Frantisek Bublan commented, according to Czech CTK agency.
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He added "It would improve the EU's image if the border controls were lifted, it would feel like we are a proper part of Europe." The Schengen zone was established by a 1985 agreement signed by France, Germany and the Benelux countries which came into force in 1995. The border-free area currently comprises 13 "old" member states (excluding the UK and Ireland), plus two non-EU states - Norway and Iceland.

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Připravuje Markéta Frýbová