In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former French Junior Minister for European Affairs, discusses the issues surrounding the ‘People’s Europe’ and the measures taken to bring Community Europe closer to its citizens.

In 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.