GIG! You are a lying twisting worm. Your last is just so typical of your complete denial of reilaity and the La la land you live in - Greece can do no wrong? Bollocks! They fucked up and probably did not know how bad till the EU came in.
Our stance is so right because as both Erolz and I have pointed out, under an EU implementing decision Greece has been obliged to take measures and the fact that Greece has been offered help (because of the magnitude of the crises) does not take away from that decision taken... but no Greece can do no wrong....
Fact- The EU bodies carried out unannounced decisions between 10th and 13th November - It was only after this (3rd December) that Greece asked Frontex for help - where Frontex must be currently be asked before it can intervene - and where Greece Probably asked when it realised the enormity of its position or possibly had it pointed out to them by those involved in the November inspections - and I am not misusing enormity in the sense of magnitude or size -
Fact - when the 8th Biennial report on the functioning of Schengen was released
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/documents/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen/docs/eighth_biannual_report_on_the_functioning_of_the_schengen_area_en.pdf - a document you have consistently misquoted from - Greece was not openly criticised but only because the report of the November inspections was still under technical review -
An unannounced visit was carried out in November to the Greek-Turkish land border as well as to the sea border (Chios and Samos). Additional efforts are required with regard to the actual return of irregular migrants and prevention of secondary movements.
The conclusions of the two visits are currently being finalised at the expert level
warnings were issued that depending on what the inspections found - and the results were not then in - under art 19B and 26 Actions might be taken starting with the possible requirements to take steps - as covered by the implementing decision and if those did not work to be supplemented by possible temporary reimposition of border controls with other EU countries - either in part or in full.
Depending on the results of the aforementioned Schengen evaluations, specific measures as referred in Article 19a SBC may be recommended.
Should an evaluated Member State be found to be seriously neglecting its obligations and progress in rectifying the situation is insufficient, the use of Article 26 SBC (as described in section 2.2 of this report) can be invoked that implies reintroducing border control at internal borders where the overall functioning of the Schengen area is put at risk.
However you seek to deny this relaity despite the overwhelming evidence and maintain Greece has has done no wrong and was NOT under threat - she was and is -
Fact - on 27th January as reported here
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-174_en.htm The College of Commissioners has today, in view of the findings and their significance, taken note and discussed a draft Schengen Evaluation Report on Greece.
- as commented upon
The report shows that there are serious deficiencies in the management of the external border in Greece.
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The Eighth bi-annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area of 15 December 2015 already announced that, depending on the results of the Schengen evaluations in Greece, specific measures as referred to in Article 19a and 26 of the Schengen Borders Code may be recommended.
This was not as you sought to mendaciously assert a discussion document but rather a document about a discussion- though I am not sure you are clever enough to understand the difference - that or as usual you are lying;
Fact - on 2nd February the Commission accepted the report and passed it the council as reported here
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-211_en.htmAs that document reported -
Following a positive opinion by the Schengen evaluation committee on Friday, the College of Commissioners has today adopted the Schengen Evaluation Report on Greece and a proposal for a Council Recommendation on addressing the serious deficiencies identified in the evaluation report on the application of Schengen rules in the field of management of the external borders by Greece. The recommendations will be submitted to the Council for adoption.
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Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said: "Our ability to maintain an area free of internal border controls depends on our ability to effectively manage our external borders. Today we are proposing a set of recommendations to ensure that, at all external borders of Greece, controls are carried out and brought in line with Schengen rules. At the same time, we take note of the efforts of the Greek Authorities to improve the situation and are reminding that all parts of the Commission's comprehensive plan need to be applied to face the unprecedented pressure at Europe's external borders. The objective of the European Commission and of the Member States is to safeguard and strengthen Schengen. We will only save Schengen by applying Schengen."
The recommendations seek to ensure that Greece applies all Schengen rules related to management of external border correctly and effectively. Recommendations are made in a number of areas such as the improvement of the registration procedures, including ensuring a sufficient number of staff and fingerprint scanners for registration and verification of migrants and their travel documents against SIS, Interpol and national databases. Greece should provide the necessary facilities for accommodation during the registration process and launch return procedures for irregular migrants who are not seeking asylum and who are not in need of international protection. Border surveillance should be improved, including the establishment of a risk analysis system and increased training of border guards. Improvements should also be made to infrastructure and equipment at the border crossing points.
In order to ensure compliance with these recommendations, the Commission may, in addition, recommend that Greece takes certain specific measures under Article 19a of the Schengen Borders Code, given the serious deficiencies noted in the Schengen Evaluation Report.
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If a Schengen Evaluation Report concludes that the evaluated Member State is "seriously neglecting its obligations under the Schengen rules" and if there are "serious deficiencies in the carrying out of external border control", the Commission can propose recommendations, to be adopted by the Council, for remedial action to address any deficiencies identified during the evaluation. In order to ensure compliance with these recommendations, the Commission may, under Article 19a of the Schengen Borders Code, recommend that the evaluated Member State take certain specific measures, which may include the deployment of European border guard teams or the submission of a strategic plan setting out how the Member State will deploy its own personnel and equipment to address the concerns. The Commission's proposals must be adopted by a Committee of the Member States, acting by qualified majority. The evaluated Member State then has three months to complete the remedial actions.
Where, after three months from the adoption of the Council recommendations, serious deficiencies persist and the measures taken have not proved sufficient to ensure the adequate remedy of these deficiencies, the Commission may trigger the application of the procedure provided for in Article 26 of the Schengen Borders Code.
Under Article 26 of the Schengen Borders Code, if the measures under Article 19a have not been effective, the Council may, based on a proposal from Commission, recommend that one or more Member States reintroduce border controls at all or at specific parts of their internal borders as a matter of last resort, to protect the common interest of the Schengen area. The Council recommendation needs to be adopted by qualified majority.
Under Article 26, and in the exceptional circumstances described above, controls can be reintroduced for a period of up to six months. This measure can be prolonged for additional six month periods up to a maximum duration of two years.
The threat of having to reintroduce border controls for travel between Greece and other EU states, unless improvements occurred, was repeated -
Fact- on 12th Feb the Council issued an order reported here
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/02/12-schengen-evaluation-of-greece/ and found here -
http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5985-2016-INIT/en/pdfThis is in part what it says
(3) The on-site visit carried out from 10 to 13 November 2015 revealed serious deficiencies in the carrying out of external border control by Greece, in particular due to the lack of appropriate identification and registration of irregular migrants at the islands, of sufficient staff, and of sufficient equipment for verifying identity documents. Under the current circumstances, situational awareness and reaction capability are not sufficient for efficient border surveillance. These serious deficiencies relating to external border control constitute a serious threat to public policy and internal security and put at risk the overall functioning of the area without internal border control.
(4) The serious deficiencies referred to represent, as far as the carrying out of external border controls is concerned, a situation where the obligations referred to in rticle 16(1) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 have not been met.
(5) While it is acknowledged that Greece is under unprecedented pressure through the high number of persons arriving, an adequate functioning of the identification, registration and reception is indispensable given the subsequent secondary movements to other Member States which have led several Member States to reintroduce temporary border controls at their internal borders and which puts the functioning of the whole Schengen area at risk.
yet Greece has done no wrong?
The Following now apply to Greece
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-585_en.htm March 2016 at the latest: Greece provides its action plan to implement the recommendations made by the Council, together with a needs assessment.
12 April 2016 at the latest: the Commission presents its assessment of the adequacy of the action plan prepared by Greece.
11-17 April 2016: a Schengen evaluation by Commission and Member State experts of air, land and sea borders of Greece will take place.
12 May 2016 at the latest: Greece reports on the implementation of the Council recommendations.
12 May 2016: if the serious deficiencies in external border control were to persist, the Commission will present a proposal under Article 26(2) of the Schengen Borders Code.
The FG article is not even en pointe about the "serious deficiencies" in border control but to address the probems arising from those who got in, possibly unchecked, and have not been able to get out - as it says -
The emergency support mechanism has been set up to help Greece and other member states address the humanitarian needs of the large numbers of men, women and children currently seeking asylum.
The aid is aimed at alleviating their basic needs -- water, food, medicine, and shelter -- and will be provided by the European Commission or partner organizations like UNHCR or NGOs.
And that is a different issue - which in your usual manner you seek to mendaciously use to divert attention from the reality of the serious deficiencies, the utter liar that you are.
It however is as shown above not me or Erolz who are criticizing Greece and threatening the sanction of having to reimpose border controls but the EU - all outlined above in official EU papers which you cannot so easily dismiss.
