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bangkokeddy

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In Topic: EU concerned over announced permanent customs controls in Denmark

2011-05-14 10:12:48

geriatrickid, on 2011-05-14 10:02:01, said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Maggie Thatcher was right about the EU on a great many issues.

In Topic: EU concerned over announced permanent customs controls in Denmark

2011-05-14 10:11:57

Steely Dan, on 2011-05-14 09:50:21, said:

This follows on from France and Italy wanting to reintroduce passport checks at their borders. The Shengen agreement is surely on it's way out as one by one Countries start telling Brussells to butt out of their immigration and national security policy.

Some EU skeptics and also some Thais would love that.
As cool as the Schengen idea is and how it offers greater freedom to travel, in pre Schengen times some European countries had bilateral agreements with some non EU-states that offered better deals.
Bi-lateral agreements like Thailand has with South Korea or Chile, that offers the passport holder of these countries a 90 days free visa stay.
Pre-Schengen Thailand had separate deals with each European country and they where different. For Thais was it easier and less complicated in the visa process to travel to certain countries like it is now under Schengen and so was it for certain Europeans when they wanted to visit Thailand. With Schengen these European countries had to cancel the better deals.

Source: some of the older generation of expats told me that. :yohan:

In Topic: Grenade Attack Targets Pheu Thai Worker: Pre-Poll Violence

2011-05-14 10:06:15

anterian, on 2011-05-14 08:44:39, said:

I am becoming increasingly amazed at the totally closed minds exhibited by many TV writers. No questioning, no evaluation of facts or ideas, simply a compulsive, knee jerk response.

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