Prague – The Czech Republic and Poland have a equally unfavourable view on the introduction of long-term controls on the inside borders of the European Union, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) instructed journalists after a gathering between the Czech and Polish governments. Migration must be addressed otherwise, he believes. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk needs to current his longstanding migration technique for Poland on Saturday. This will even be a proposal for the complete European Union, he mentioned after the Czech-Polish authorities consultations.
Fiala agreed with Tusk that extra must be executed relating to unlawful migration. “We have to transfer ahead on this matter and maybe have a look at issues from a barely totally different perspective. We must be extra lively, extra assertive in the direction of third international locations,” the Czech prime minister acknowledged. In response to him, the Czech Republic and Poland have clear and equivalent positions on this difficulty.
Introducing long-term controls on the inside borders of the EU, in keeping with Fiala, is just not a long-term software for addressing unlawful migration. It’s one thing that logically doesn’t get pleasure from public help and goes in opposition to the thought of European integration. Since mid-September, Germany has been controlling its total land border attributable to unlawful migration. Germany has been controlling its border with the Czech Republic since final October. In response to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, controls on the German borders will proceed for so long as doable, the DPA company reported in the present day.
In response to Fiala, the Czech Republic belongs to the group of nations which have lengthy wished a stricter model of the migration pact, with stricter asylum or return insurance policies. It’s essential to persuade different international locations as effectively, he acknowledged. “In any other case, we are going to discover that one of many biggest benefits, free motion throughout Europe, can be threatened,” he added. (October 9)
