Warsaw – Poland sharply criticizes the German authorities’s plans to introduce non permanent controls in any respect German land borders. “This strategy is unacceptable,” mentioned Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw. The Schengen Settlement could be nearly suspended because of this. The Schengen Space permits greater than 400 million individuals to maneuver freely between member states with out border controls.
“What Poland wants isn’t a reinforcement of controls at our border, however a stronger involvement of nations like Germany in guarding and securing the EU’s exterior borders,” Tusk added in reference to the scenario on the Polish border with Russia’s ally Belarus.
The Polish Prime Minister additional mentioned that his authorities would within the subsequent few hours ask different nations affected by the upcoming selections of the German authorities for pressing consultations on steps throughout the EU.
German Inside Minister Nancy Faeser ordered non permanent controls in any respect German land borders on Monday to additional curb the variety of unauthorized entries. The extra controls are to start on September 16 and initially final for six months.
Since October 2023, there have already been stationary controls on the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland. These have been repeatedly prolonged and at the moment run till December 15. On the German-Austrian land border, such controls, justified by irregular migration, have been in place since September 2015. The newly ordered controls straight on the border will have an effect on the land borders with France, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. (September 10)
