Arriving at the meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday 13 October, the German interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, and his Austrian counterpart, Wolfgang Sobotka, called for a six-month extension on internal border controls within the Schengen area, as currenlty operated by five countries, including four member states.
The European Commission is due to make this decision by 12 November, in line with a recommendation adopted by the Council on 12 May. At the time,...