Germany notifies the EU of border controls at the Polish, Czech and Swiss frontiers

Germany notifies the EU of border controls at the Polish, Czech and Swiss frontiers

Fernando Abans

Schengen area is, once again, at risk of becoming a blurry idea as State Members are putting border controls with other countries as a matter of “national security”. The terrorist attacks suffered a few weeks ago, first in France and later in Brussels, Belgium, left no other choice to European countries but to prepare for new terrorist threats. The problem is that most of State Members of the European Union do not have border controls with each other in virtue of the Schengen Area agreements put in place many decades ago. However, these agreements include exceptions, as always, being one of them precisely the matter of national security. As there are many countries where immigration has become uncontrolled and migration flows are rising, Germany decided to put back border controls, but this measure is something that other countries could start doing soon. This will not only undermine Schengen area, but also the tools and capacity of the European Union that Schengen area is a system that works, and no threats can put it in danger.

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