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You’re reading Rapporteur on Friday 31 July. This is Eddy Wax in Brussels, with the Euractiv team.

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From the capital

Just a week ago, Jessika Roswall, a centre-right European commissioner, painted an idyllic image of the Schengen area, praising the “seamless journeys” made possible by “decades of European cooperation.”