Schengen agreement
/ˈʃengən/an intergovernmental agreement on the relaxation of border controls between participating European countries, first signed in Schengen, Luxembourg, in June 1985 by France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. A revised version of the agreement was incorporated into the European Union in 1999 and widened to include non-EU members of a similar Nordic union. Member countries now comprise Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
申根协议(一项就缔约国之间互相放松边境控制而达成的欧洲国家政府间协议, 最初于1985年6月由法国、西德、比利时、荷兰和卢森堡在卢森堡的申根签署; 修正协议于1999年被欧盟采纳, 并吸收非欧盟成员的北欧同盟国参加; 目前成员国包括奥地利、比利时、丹麦、法国、芬兰、德国、希腊、冰岛、意大利、卢森堡、荷兰、挪威、葡萄牙、西班牙和瑞典)。