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Schengen: Europe's passport-free travel zone 'on brink of collapse'

The system that allows passport-free movement across Europe is feared to be on the brink of collapse as nations tighten their border controls because of the refugee crisis.

European Council president Donald Tusk has admitted it is a "race against time" to save the Schengen travel zone, which has operated for 30 years.

The council president spoke before another informal summit in Valetta dedicated to the issue of Schengen and urged: "We must hurry, but without panic."

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Is British EU referendum strategy working or failing?

Questions have been raised today over whether Prime Minister David Cameron's EU referendum strategy is working or failing.

According to one of France's former Europe Ministers, Cameron may have "locked himself in a corner" and it may be a case of whether he has enough friends left to "help him out of this".

Meanwhile another French parliament member has suggested the success or failure of the strategy would come down to what happens in the heat of the negotiating room.

ITV News Europe Editor James Mates reports on the latest developments:

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