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Berlin already asking to extend controls on the internal borders of the Schengen zone beyond May

Valletta, 26/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

In Malta on Thursday 26 January, the German home affairs minister, Thomas de Maizière, called for the prolongation - beyond the month of May - of the internal border controls carried out on the border with Austria.

The day before, the European Commission authorised the prolongation up to that date of the internal controls currently being carried out by five European countries, including four member states (Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Norway).

At the informal meeting of the...