Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] CA-US: News story on double stop system
Date: Mar 27, 2003 @ 18:29
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <kevin@...>)
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Doug,

>The grumpy, short sighted "no" crowd seems to see this as a loss of
>sovereignty.

Well I guess it's the typical reaction of politicians who feel they must be
seen to be doing something to 'protect our borders'.

>Does the EU make Germany less sovereign?

Err, well it does in practice, but I take your point. I think travel in
Europe would be pretty difficult if all the countries adopted US-style
border controls.

Cheers,

Kevin Meynell