The government reiterated its opposition to border controls this Monday during a joint committee in the Chamber of Deputies. The political sensibility Déi Gréng had initiated this meeting, before an hour of news in the House on this subject scheduled for this Thursday.
The CSV Minister of Internal Affairs, Léon Gloden, stressed that if the argument of “strengthening internal security” presented by Germany to justify its controls seems to him to be consistent with the Schengen Code, this is not the case, according to him, of the “fight against illegal immigration”. He would have informed his German counterpart. Luxembourg could even contact the European Commission “if Germany further extends its controls”.
Unlike those carried out in Germany, the sporadic checks in France have at this stage no impact on traffic and the daily life of cross-border workers. 49 people from Luxembourg territory were refused entry into Germany, said Léon Gloden, who stressed “that there is no legal basis to take care of these people”. The DP Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xavier Bettel, expressed concern about the future of the Schengen area.
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