In an effort to ease the free movement of the citizens of the European Union, land and sea border controls with the new member States (i.e. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) are being lifted today 21 December 2007 (air borders will follow in March 2008). After it was determined that the nine Schengen candidate countries had met the necessary requirements nothing stood in the way for an enlargement of the Schengen area. Ceremonies to celebrate this historic event will be held today and tomorrow at the relevant borders. One may say that this is…