nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220817-181621-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220817s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220817-181621-0 doi eng 342 23 Chamon, Merijn Author aut Why Banning Russian Tourists from Schengen Might not Be Unlawful Chamon, Merijn Verfassungsblog 2022-08-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Recently, politicians in different EU countries have suggested barring Russian tourists from visiting the EU. Such a ban would be in retaliation for the war waged by Russia against Ukraine. From a legal perspective, these suggestions raise the interesting question whether such a blanket ban would be lawful. From a legal perspective, the question is precisely whether there is a possibility to amend the existing acquis, in order to ban Russians from obtaining short term visas for the purpose of visiting Europe as tourists. It seems hardly tenable to argue that the EU (secondary) legislature is somehow bound by the ratio legis of the current Schengen visa system. CC BY-SA 4.0 Citizenship Russia Schengen Vladimir Putin Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/not-unlawful/ raw object