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I don't understand. Given Schengen and free movement, why couldn't the legal team from Belgium just 'freely move' through the Netherlands to get to their area o

• privong 10y ago
  > Given Schengen and free movement, why couldn't the legal team from Belgium just 'freely move' through the Netherlands to get to their area of jurisdiction? I suspect this is because it involved official government business and police activity. For example, I don't know if Belgian police carry weapons. But if they do, I assume they don't have jurisdiction to carry in the Netherlands (and vice versa). Folks downvoting @vacri's question: why? It's a legitimate question.
• wodenokoto 10y ago
  It's a good question. My understanding is that Schengen doesn't allow for free movement of police or military. You have to travel as a civilian.
  • Someone 10y ago
    There are exceptions for emergencies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Police_and_judicial_co-operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Police_and_judic...: "The Schengen Agreement also permits police officers from one participating state to follow suspects across borders both in hot pursuit and to continue observation operations"), but that's correct. (And aside: for the Belgian-Dutch border, that has been the case for decades; border controls in the Benelux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux) were abolished in 1970)
    • 1337chan 10y ago
      But is a dead body an "emergency"? Perhaps the laws intend to refer to only dire situations, such as the "hot pursuit" example in your cite. While a dead body is a serious matter, it's hard to argue in this case that there's danger.