ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether repressive European societies may be seen as inimical to the original ideas behind Norwegian participation in the European Economic Agreement and Schengen cooperation, because selective security is promoted at the expense of free travel and circulation. It addresses the question of in what ways the development of operational police cooperation regulations and measures may impact on Norwegian society and the Norwegian public. The Police Act says the state must provide the police needed by the community. The European Union (EU) differs from other international organisations in many ways – in simple terms, the EU has gained so power in so many areas that in many ways it looks – and acts – like a state. Constitutional sovereignty most often refers to the nation-state. The EU may, then, be said to have become an entity that has a measure of sovereignty, meaning that, at least in some areas, it has the ultimate decision-making competence over its citizens.
