Why Islamic State may be targeting France

THE murderous attacks in Paris on Nov 13 and the aftermath of fear and insecurity across Europe have a variety of repercussions. Among these, it may prove to be the final nail in the coffin for the Schengen agreement on a border-free Europe - an accord to which the UK is not party.

Even before the Paris atrocities, the agreement was close to collapse anyway after the failure of recent European Union-wide efforts to find polit…