Inner Security - Border controls at the French border due to Olympia
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) has temporarily ordered border controls at the German-French border to ensure security before and during the Olympics in Paris, in coordination with French authorities. These controls will be registered at the EU commission shortly, according to the ministry. The Games begin on July 26 and end on August 11.
However, border controls will no longer be in place starting July 19 at the borders to Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Instead, focused controls on veil searches will be resumed, as stated. Border controls at the borders to Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, and Poland will continue, according to Faeser, to limit irregular migration and combat smuggling crime.
Faeser criticized demands from the Union and FDP to maintain strengthened border controls at neighbors' borders, such as the Netherlands or Denmark, after the European Championship. Anyone who wants to do this must justify the significant consequences for commuters, travelers, trade, and the economy – and be able to do so in accordance with European law. These European legal requirements pose a serious threat to public order or internal security and allow for internal border controls only temporarily and as a last resort.
- The Federal government in Germany is working closely with the European Commission to coordinate border controls at the German-French border for the Olympic Games in Paris.
- Nancy Faeser, the German Minister of the Interior, has announced that border controls will be temporarily resumed at the German-French border before and during the Olympic Games in Paris.
- Following the Olympics in Paris, border controls will be lifted at the borders to Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and focused veil searches will resume instead.
- Faeser has criticized calls from the Union and FDP to maintain strengthened border controls at neighboring countries like Denmark or the Netherlands after the European Championship.
- The European Commission has strict legal requirements for internal border controls, which pose a serious threat to public order or internal security and allow for such controls only temporarily and as a last resort.
- Apart from Denmark and the Netherlands, border controls will continue at the borders to Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, and Poland to limit irregular migration and combat smuggling crime.
- Faeser has emphasized that anyone advocating for prolonged border controls at neighboring countries must justify the substantial impact on commuters, travelers, trade, and the economy, and ensure compliance with European law.
