Fortress Europe

Fortress Europe is the term given (usually pejoratively) to the concept of the European Union efforts to keep non-EU goods, businesses and nationals out of the Union's twenty-seven member states.In the view of critics the Common Agricultural Policy is the classic example of a Fortress Europe policy, protecting European agriculture with the effects of higher prices for consumers within the EU and a negative impact on the wider world market.Other critics point to the development of a common asylum and immigration policy as a sign of Fortress Europe at work. Traditionally many European States' immigration has come from ex-colonies, this has been replaced by encouraging movement within the European Union by Europeans.
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This expression is often used to mean an attitude that wants to defend Europe from outside influences, especially cultural influences. The term "Fortress Europe" often appears in discussions about asylum and immigration regulations. Founding fathers In the years following the Second World War, people like Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman dreamed of uniting the peoples of Europe in lasting peace and friendship. Over the following fifty years, as the EU was built, their dream became reality. That is why they are called the "founding fathers" of the European Union.