Before the start of holidays: Holidaymakers could be in traffic jams – Criticism of border controls
Miles of traffic jams at the border At all German external borders there have been since the 16
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Miles of traffic jams at the border At all German external borders there have been since the 16. They were extended three times – most recently until mid-September 2026. Meanwhile, for example, at several border crossings from the Netherlands to Germany, almost continuously controlled, which leads to kilometres of traffic jams on the Dutch side. “These stationary controls are pure symbolic politics,” said Schulz, who comes from the border region near Aachen and still lives there. Mind you, I am not against flexible, random checks, as they have always been in the border area.
Furthermore, “These controls bring almost nothing and at the same time violate fundamental European law,” said the former SPD head of the German press Agency. It is now time to gradually abolish the intra-European border controls, said Magnus Brunner of the dpa and other members of the news agency network European Newsroom (enr) in Brussels. The Federal Ministry of the Interior had ordered them to reduce the number of illegal entries more strongly.
In addition, The administrative court of Koblenz had recently given in the first instance a law professor from Saarbrücken, who had complained that he had been controlled at the German-Luxembourg border. What I oppose is the sham policy of constant border controls, because they are of no use anyway, because smugglers and drug smugglers simply choose another route. In addition, fixed checkpoints clearly violated the Schengen Treaty, which guarantees the free movement of people.
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Miles of traffic jams at the border At all German external borders there have been since the 16.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThey were extended three times – most recently until mid-September 2026.
reliability low1/3 sourcesMeanwhile, for example, at several border crossings from the Netherlands to Germany, almost continuously controlled, which leads to kilometres of traffic jams on the Dutch side. “These stationary controls are pure symbolic politics,” said Schulz, who comes from the border region near Aachen and still lives there. Mind you, I am not against flexible, random checks, as they have always been in the border area.
reliability low1/3 sources“These controls bring almost nothing and at the same time violate fundamental European law,” said the former SPD head of the German press Agency.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIt is now time to gradually abolish the intra-European border controls, said Magnus Brunner of the dpa and other members of the news agency network European Newsroom (enr) in Brussels.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe Federal Ministry of the Interior had ordered them to reduce the number of illegal entries more strongly.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe administrative court of Koblenz had recently given in the first instance a law professor from Saarbrücken, who had complained that he had been controlled at the German-Luxembourg border.
reliability low1/3 sourcesWhat I oppose is the sham policy of constant border controls, because they are of no use anyway, because smugglers and drug smugglers simply choose another route. In addition, fixed checkpoints clearly violated the Schengen Treaty, which guarantees the free movement of people.
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