2024-09-09 14:57:59
The resolution also aims to “protect internal security from current threats posed by Islamist terrorism and cross-border crime,” the source said.
Alongside the expanded controls, Germany will also move to make it easier to turn in irregular migrants at the border, the source said.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has faced increasing pressure to curb immigration numbers and crack down on extremists after several suspected Islamist attacks.
Last month, three people were killed in a knife attack in the western suburb of Solingen in which the suspect was allegedly linked to the Islamic State group.
The far-right alternative to the German party has taken on the attacks and won historic gains in two former eastern German states on September 1st, as it prepares for national elections in a year. from now on.
Expanded border controls will be notified to the European Commission, the source said.
Germany has had temporary controls in place along its border with Austria since 2015 as a result of the large influx of migrants.
Temporary controls along the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland were introduced last year as concerns over migration grew again.
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Germany also has land borders with France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Europe’s Schengen area, which includes 25 of the 27 EU member states and many other countries, allows free travel between them without border controls.
However, member states can restart controls at some internal borders in case of exceptional circumstances, and many have done so during the Covid pandemic or after attacks.
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