Ship of the Schengen Agreement will soon be back in Luxembourg
The ship on the 1985 The Schengen Agreement was signed, his journey home will soon take place to Schengen. On June 6th, the shipyard in the German Niederkassel near Bonn, where it was completely renovated and modernized, as the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Lex delles (dp) the German press agency announced.
November 2024: The historic ship during the restoration in the shipyard. Photo: SIP/C.PISCITELLI/dpa
On June 14th-the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Convention-the ship « Princess Marie-Astrid Europa » will be in Moselle town of Schengen expected. It should be reception there: On that day there is a ceremony in the small village that is located on the border with Germany and France.
To do this, several politicians as well Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa announced. Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (71), the Grand Duke’s older sister, and her husband Archduke Carl Christian of Austria. After Princess Marie-Astrid, the excursion boat was named at the time.
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On June 14, 1985, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Belgium, Belgium and the Netherlands on board the ship tie in Schengen had agreed to gradually dismantle the border controls. Today, 29 countries with almost 420 million inhabitants are part of the Schengen area. The signing has made Schengen famous worldwide.
How long the ship’s crossing will take cannot be said exactly. The ministry said that the waiting times also depend on waiting times. After his arrival in the Grand Duchy, it would be in front of anchor in the port in Mertert up to and including June 13th. It will have its permanent place in Schengen and an exhibition on board in the future.
Luxembourg had bought it back in 2021. Most recently, it had been traveling on the Danube as a passenger ship for years. The ministry said that the purchase, the renovation and the exhibition had cost a good ten million euros.
This is how the conversion of the « Princess Marie-Astrid Europe » is running
Criticism of border controls
The renovated and newly designed European Museum in Schengen will also be opened on the anniversary day. There is also a new quay where the historic ship will be. The ministry temporarily put the total costs of the project at around 17.7 million euros.
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Schengen stands for an open Europe without limits. The border controls, which have been introduced again at all German external borders since mid -September 2024, are particularly criticized in the border triangle.
More than 50,000 German cross -border commuters work in the Grand Duchy. The CSV/DP government of Luc Frieden had appealed to the EU Commission in February.
