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  Courtesy of the BBC at the time, incidentally I can't remember the last time I didn't need a passport when travelling abroad.
  
  
  
  
  Sometimes key intelligence is not passed on - not only inside Belgium but also to EU partners such as France, says Dutch expert Liesbeth van der Heide, of Leiden University's Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism.
  The EU does not have a central database for specific intelligence on jihadists - but there are calls for that now.
  
  Has Europe lost control of its borders?
  The Paris bloodshed has fuelled concerns about Schengen and the EU's external borders.
  Freedom of movement is a cherished core value of the EU - but it means that violent jihadists and other criminals can also cross borders easily, after entering the EU.
  Schengen exists in a Europe where national authorities still jealously guard intelligence that affects their country's security.
  On entering Schengen, EU citizens' passports are generally checked just for validity and authenticity, but not routinely checked with police database records. EU governments have decided that such checks will be routine in future.

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