Border-free movement within the EU will collapse unless the bloc stems the illegal immigration that is allowing Islamists to bring terror to the Continent, Europe’s leaders have said.
The warning that the Schengen agreement, which lets Europeans travel between most member states without stopping at borders, is at risk, came at a summit convened in Paris after a series of terrorist attacks in France and Austria over the past seven weeks.
With atrocities in Paris, Nice and Vienna placing terrorism at the top of the agenda, President Macron of France met Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian chancellor, before they held a video conference with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, and Ursula von
