Faeser against peace: German-Luxembourgian dispute over border controls

LUXEMBOURG/TRIER. The border controls that have been running since mid-September have repeatedly met with criticism. Nevertheless, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) sees the controls as a success and has announced that they will be extended. There is resistance to this in the Luxembourg government, as Volksfreund reports.

According to Faeser there was 37,000 refunds at the German borders and 1,600 smugglers were arrested. According to a response from the federal government to a parliamentary question from the AfD, the events were between mid-September and mid-November 302 illegal entries from the Grand Duchy registered. If you take into account the border controls at the European Football Championship, this has been the case since June 681.

The Luxembourgish one Prime Minister Luc Frieden (CSV) However, the border controls carried out by Germany and, since November, by France are not accepted. The controls are not compatible with the EU treatiesdeclared peace after a cabinet meeting on Friday. He also has this position in one Telephone conversation with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) made clear. According to a report by L’essentiel, the Grand Duchy’s Interior Minister, Léon Gloden (CSV), made similar comments at a meeting with the EU’s new migration commissioner, Magnus Brunner (ÖVP), (lokalo.de reported).

During the German District Association They are in favor of intensifying controls to combat irregular migration Mayor of the Quattropole network Trier, Saarbrücken, Metz and Luxembourg, including Trier Mayor Wolfram Leibe (SPD), an end to the controls. (Sources: Trierischer Volksfreund, L’essentiel)