Schengen Agreement and European Identity Kyu-Young LEE Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University The Schengen Agreement is one of the most important process, through which the European Integration could be promoted with more relative rapidity than ever and, in that sense, the European Identity could be also mobilized among the member states of the European Union. However, the European Identity is not to replace the established national identities of individual European states. The Schengen Agreement was signed by five states, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands in 1985 and came into force since 1995. But by 2001 ten more states had joined it. The Schengen Agreement aimed at abolishing of internal border and strengthening of external border like the Single European Act which became effective since July 1, 1989. With the SEA the European Union sought after the borderless area and tried to take off controls within the internal area regardless of nationalities. The Schengen Agreement should be a milestone for building the European Identity. But the free movement by the Schengen movement was not possible without complementary measures regarding the multilateral security, like the Schengen Informations System I, SIRENE, and the Schengen Information System II etc. Building the European identity could be more concretely based on the Schengen Agreement by abolishing control on the internal borders and permitting free movement among member states. But these measures were only the elementary one for the realization of the European Identity. It means that the free movement within the member states could be guaranteed, if the international crimes or the security problems were resolved.

Schengen Agreement and European Identity Kyu-Young LEE Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University The Schengen Agreement is one of the most important process, through which the European Integration could be promoted with more relative rapidity than ever and, in that sense, the European Identity could be also mobilized among the member states of the European Union. However, the European Identity is not to replace the established national identities of individual European states. The Schengen Agreement was signed by five states, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands in 1985 and came into force since 1995. But by 2001 ten more states had joined it. The Schengen Agreement aimed at abolishing of internal border and strengthening of external border like the Single European Act which became effective since July 1, 1989. With the SEA the European Union sought after the borderless area and tried to take off controls within the internal area regardless of nationalities. The Schengen Agreement should be a milestone for building the European Identity. But the free movement by the Schengen movement was not possible without complementary measures regarding the multilateral security, like the Schengen Informations System I, SIRENE, and the Schengen Information System II etc. Building the European identity could be more concretely based on the Schengen Agreement by abolishing control on the internal borders and permitting free movement among member states. But these measures were only the elementary one for the realization of the European Identity. It means that the free movement within the member states could be guaranteed, if the international crimes or the security problems were resolved.