German interior minister backs stricter border controls as Denmark extends checks

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German interior minister backs stricter border controls as Denmark extends checks



COPENHAGEN: -- Denmark has announced that it will extend temporary controls at the German border for at least ten more days.

It marks the third time the Danish government has extended the measures, which were initially put in place on January 4.

Denmark says it is mirroring Sweden’s decision to tighten its borders.

The Germen interior Thomas de Maizière is sympathetic to those countries that wish to increase frontier checks: “Until now, the systematic control of the Schengen borders was forbidden. And if you wanted to control borders, then you needed a special consultation process.

The proposition by the European Commission regarding terrorism suggests that these systematic controls should become the rule and that you can make exceptions in certain cases. That is an important point and we support that.”

A new report by Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation claims an end to Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone could cost the European Union up to 1.4 trillion euros over the next decade.


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[lostinisaan]

Angela will print 5 trillion Super Euros. No problem. De nada. Mai Phen Rai.

[Geoffggi]

_{I am amazed that so many leaders are surprised at this, anyone with a modicum of intelligence could see that this move would cause havoc...!!! Well done Brussels and of course Merkel the Turtle...!!}

[SgtRock]

A new report by Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation claims an end to Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone could cost the European Union up to 1.4 trillion euros over the next decade.

1.4 Trillion euros over the next 10 years.

Pocket change when you consider the cost of NOT closing the borders.

[Jimbo2014]

Close the barn after the horse has bolted. Well done

[razer]

Europe has had a good life for 45 years ... Europeans got complacent and elected not leaders, but politicians who are wishy-washy compromisers who bow to the smallest of pressure.

[pedro01]

A new report by Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation claims an end to Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone could cost the European Union up to 1.4 trillion euros over the next decade.

1.4 Trillion euros over the next 10 years.

Pocket change when you consider the cost of NOT closing the borders.

These numbers are just fear mongering. Trade will continue. Those with valid cause to be in Europe will remain there. Passport control only takes a minute.

[Saradoc1972]

I don't know what the buzz is about passport controls. I remember driving over several European borders as a child with my parents in the 70ies and 80ies and it used to be a 10 min holdup, if any, customs waving us through without even a look at our German identity cards. It won't so much be passport controls, even today you are more or less required to carry some sort of official identification in the Schengen area.

It's just that you then can have a look at who is coming to your country or leaving it. It's going to boil down to "ethnic profiling" but I suppose there is such a majority of states now not bothering about that PC crap, it'll just be done that way, no matter what some aloof courts say. Which is btw what Denmark has been doing all along over the past couple of years. They had already introduced systematic border controls before this migration drama and just did not care about Schengen and the EU, kept it low profile but they did it. Pulled a lot of Roma thieves out of the general traffic with cars full of loot from burglaries that way.

It's refreshing to see some EU states just won't hold with the PC stupidity that's been replacing common sense and actually look after their own populace. Same with Britain btw who don't want to see their social systems plundered, with Germany apparently going to piggy-back in that respect.