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European Commission did not sufficiently monitor re-establishment of internal border controls during pandemic, says European Court of Auditors

Brussels, 13/06/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 13 June European Court of Auditors criticised the European Commission’s action during the Covid-19 pandemic and found that it had not sufficiently monitored the way Member States re-established internal border controls.

“With few tools at its disposal, the European Commission has not paid sufficient attention to the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has posed to people’s right to freedom of movement”, the Court wrote in a report published the same day.

“The...