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Mr Sacrédeus, I understand that proximity to an EU external border is naturally something that may cause concern, but believe me, the external border with Norway is the least of our worries, because Norway is a country with which we have an agreement, within the Schengen Convention, and is a country that for all intents and purposes is in practice a full member of the European family. If it is not a Member of the European Union it is because the Norwegian people have chosen for it not to be, not because we do not want it to be. Therefore, I do not see a problem and I do not think there has ever been an incident on the Norwegian border.
However, with regard to your statement about soldiers of various nationalities controlling borders, including sensitive borders between Finland and Russia, I would say that this kind of idea really belongs in the realm of science fiction.
Firstly, borders are not guarded by soldiers. Within the EU, borders are controlled by border police. Secondly, it is hard to believe that there are soldiers of different EU nationalities controlling borders that are not their own. A common border police team could possibly be put together, as has been suggested in the Justice and Home Affairs Councils, but this would be a common body of people recruited in the same way that, for example, we recruit a common body of interpreters or officials in this House, that is to say, they would be Community officials bound by their own rules, with their own uniform and language system – which I can see is something you are concerned about – and which will surely have its own distinguishing marks and, most importantly, a code of conduct that will be common to all.
All of this is no more than an idea, however, in the minds of our Justice and Interior Ministers and for the moment does not take any concrete form, and I believe it will take some time to come to fruition."@en1
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