German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
    • poVoq@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
      10·
      29 days ago

      For some other countries, I suspect they only do it to inconvenience German travellers as a fuck you for Germany pushing the same shit onto them.

      • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        29 days ago

        With Poland, if I recall right, instating border checks was a reciprocal measure for the German border checks.

        Denmark has been doing that shit for longer already AFAIK, with all kinds of interesting excuses, like “preventing the spread of Swine Fever”.

        No idea about Sweden, but I guess they mean it, too, they do have a far right party in their ruling coalition after all.

        • trolske@feddit.orgEnglish
          6·
          29 days ago

          Denmark has several exceptions from the Maastricht treaty, border controls being one of those.
          It’s ridiculous and should finally stop