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Agreement between France and the FRG on the gradual abolition of checks at the Franco-German border (Saarbrücken, 13 July 1984)
TextOn 13 July 1984, in Saarbrücken, Roland Dumas, French Foreign Minister, and Waldemar Schreckenberger, Junior Minister to the German Federal Chancellor, sign the Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at the Franco-German border.
Interview with Catherine Lalumière: the Schengen Agreement (Paris, 17 May 2006)
VideoIn this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, describes the issues and difficulties surrounding the implementation of the agreement signed in Schengen, Luxembourg, on 14 June 1985 by the representatives of Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Luxembourg and the Netherlands concerning the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders.