From 2015 the Schengen Area was constantly under pressure because of the massive arrivals of people in some parts of the territory; because of secondary movements; becuase of the Dublin Regulation System, which aims to determine the competent country to process an asylum application, and the lack of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility.
Furthermore, terrorist attacks in some European countries contribute to create and strengthen a lack of trust between the Member States.
In September 2017, the European Commission issued a proposal to modifiy the procedure, the functioning and the governance of the Schengen Area "to adapt it to future challanges" [COM(2017)570]. In particular the idea is to review the current rules governing the general framework for the temporary reintroduction of border controls at internal borders.
Aim of the paper is to investigate on how the European Commission' proposal could affect the free movement of people in the area without internal borders as developed in the last years, putting at risk the most important European fundamental freedom, 'exploited' by all the individuals circulating and staying in the Schengen territory.
