On Thursday 12 October, the European Commission indicated that it had received notification from Germany, Denmark and France that they would extend their internal border controls and measures.
Germany and Denmark are affected by the end of the measures, taken under the terms of article 29 of the Schengen Border Code invoked for reasons relating to migration flows. They have therefore provided notification that the use of article 25, which is currently being used by France, focuses on internal border control measures that are justified by security threats, such as terrorist threats or those linked to organised crime.
Commission spokesperson, Alexander Winterstein explained, “What we are going to do now is to look at the notifications received”.
The question of internal border controls, particularly the most recent draft amendment to the Schengen Code, will be discussed by ministers for the interior this Friday in Luxembourg.
New proposals will also be developed by the end of the year on security and borders, particularly the interoperability of databases used for managing migration, explained the Commission on Thursday. These initiatives were announced in the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Junker’s letter of intent on 13 September last. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)