Disappointing to see European borders closing between Germany & fellow countries again. Backward-looking trend...

"Berlin said on Monday that controls in place at its border with Austria since 2015, and since last year with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, would be extended next week to France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark."

#retro #regressive #politics #political #news #social #news #Germany #EU #European #unity #France #borders #closed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/the-end-of-schengen-germanys-new-border-controls-put-eu-unity-at-risk

‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk

Critics say tightened land border checks a ‘transparent’ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rights

^{Jon Henley (The Guardian)}