Greece to join Schengen (1)
01 January 1991
Greece to join Schengen
artdoc August=1992
At the meetings of the Schengen group in Luxembourg on 19 June
it was agreed to accept the application of Greece to the group.
Greece was admitted as an observer in December 1991, and is
expected to become a full member in January 1993. The EC
countries in the Schengen group are now Germany, France, Italy,
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Greece.
This leaves the UK, Ireland and Denmark outside the group. The
Schengen Agreement was agreed by the governments in June 1990 and
has to be ratified by each member state before it can come into
effect, has so far been agreed by France, Spain, Portugal and
Luxembourg. Agence Europe, 20.6.92.
Statewatch vol 2 no 4, July/August 1992