Smart Borders Revisited: An Assessment of the Commission’s Revised Smart Borders Proposal

Didier Bigo (1) , Julien Jeandesboz (2) , Jorrit Rijpma (3)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)
2 ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles
3 Universiteit Leiden [Leiden]

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, appraises the revised legislative proposals (‘package’) on EU smart borders adopted by the European Commission on 6 April 2016. It provides a general assessment of the package, focusing in particular on costs, technical feasibility and overall proportionality, and a fundamental rights check of the initiative.

Keywords: Smart Borders; European Union

Domains: Political science

Didier Bigo, Julien Jeandesboz, Jorrit Rijpma. Smart Borders Revisited: An Assessment of the Commission’s Revised Smart Borders Proposal. [Research Report] Parlement européen. 2016, pp.52. ⟨hal-03459136⟩