Germany and other members of the EU to extend its border controls to neighbouring countries. The Commission regrets the permanent restriction of the freedom to travel. Otherwise, the EU interior Ministers to a standstill.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer not also took part in this Meeting with his European colleagues and said that his trip to Luxembourg short-term: Two days before the Bayern choice, one can speculate about the reason. The message of the day, it spread via e-Mail: Germany has the EU-Commission informs that it will be continued internal border controls to Austria for another six months. “As Federal Minister of the interior, it is responding to my duty, ( … ), with responsibility for the challenges in the field of Migration and security,” says Seehofer. The controls will initially run until the beginning of may next year.
Schengen Minus comes in the next year?
The continuation of the controls is matched with Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, stressed the Federal Ministry of the interior. France has a separate agreement with Italy and want to run the checks on the border crossing at Ventimiglia anyway. All the governments concerned to give further deficits in the protection of EU external borders and the danger of secondary migration in their countries as a reason. But what is the for the free cross-border traffic within the Schengen area means?
EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos now calls for the abolition of the controls. 2015/16, there have been reasons for it, in the meantime, however, the number of migrants had declined, and thus the number of illegal border crossings strong, and the securing of the external borders of the flap better. “Schengen is for many EU citizens the most tangible sign of European Integration”, says the Commissioner, and proposes to replace the annoying border controls through increased Inspections beyond the borders.
The Federal government is considering similar solutions. A “smart border surveillance” from non-point and mobile controls, could in the future afford more than the current veil of intelligence. Berlin must, in addition to the asserted the protests of many border residents have concerns, see your daily life such as commuting through the restriction of the free cross-border traffic affected. The result could be the return to a kind of “Schengen Minus”, that is, in principle, open borders with occasional checks.
No movement anywhere
If the Minister of the interior, not complain that it is going ahead with the improvement of the external border protection, as they themselves are to blame for it. In summer, the heads of government with big words announced increase in the border protection Agency, Frontex, to 10,000 men, will not come into effect. It lack the will to make the additional billion Euro for the locker. And in addition, some member countries, above all Hungary and Italy, for border protection, the nation States were responsible, and they would accept no compromise of their sovereignty. How, given the external borders of the EU could be more sealed, is in the stars.
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Budapest and Rome are blocking any other movement in the migration policy. The question of the redistribution of refugees have long been excluded entirely from the negotiations, and through the fog concept of “compulsory solidarity” replaced. Around and behind, various services of the member countries to hide in connection with refugees, which could also include that individual countries can buy from the recording obligation with money.
On the ice of the urgently needed Reform of the Dublin rules, which are the main cause of the existing injustices in the inclusion of migrants in Europe. However, before the European elections in may next year will do nothing here.
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Another idea in connection with the Migration, people on the Mediterranean sea to intercept and in Camps in North Africa is to be fixed from where they are distributed further or in the home brought back. The North African governments waved, however, consistently. Alone, Egypt is considered as a possible Partner, where on the Western border with Libya, such a warehouse could be erected. The government in Cairo wants to see, however, money and, above all, support in securing their own border with Libya.
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The Federal Ministry of the interior considers this idea to be promising, and hopes that the EU-Commission will occur as a negotiator. At the end of such a camp could bring to the influx of migrants via North Africa virtually to a Standstill, when once it was known that the road to Europe is largely closed, the hope in Berlin. But if such a solution ever comes, lies in the future, especially since the cooperation of the UNHCR and the International organization for Migration is required.
And what became of Seehofer’s withdrawal agreement with Italy?
As a great success Federal government had announced the interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, after a first Meeting with his Italian colleague Matteo Salvini in the summer, one could immediately conclude an agreement on the withdrawal from Italy of incoming migrants. Be ready to negotiate and Rom, Berlin here.
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Unfortunately, it has turned out, in the meantime, the Wind politically. The finished agreement, disappeared from the Desk, Salvini’s, and should have thought of otherwise. In the meantime, he referred not to the Bavarian CSU, but the AfD among the German parties as his best friends. The Italian right-wing populist is in election campaign mode – not only at home, but also in terms of next year’s upcoming European elections. He will use the immigration debate as long as politically, as it gives him votes. Horst Seehofer, has the Look.