Border “War” in the Heart of Europe: Poland responds with controls to Germany – Passport The passage

Since midnight, Poland has begun intensive border controls on vehicles and pedestrians at the 52 crossing points with Germany. Warsaw, in this move, repays the already existing German controls, which, although implemented by 2023, have been dramatically intensified in early May with the duties of the new Government of Chancellor Friedrich Mertz. This development is already of concern, with the German executive for Poland, Knut Abraham, warning the negative consequences on German -political relations. “It’s not a good day for German -Greek relations,” he said today in an interview with Reuters, stressing the criticality of the situation. A spokesman for the German Ministry of the Interior, commenting on the new reality on the border, he stressed that “the checks are temporary until the full treatment of illegal immigration”. On the Polish side, border guards prioritize the passage of vehicles with Polish plates, while carrying out brief controls on vehicles with German plates and systematic pedestrian inspections. Polish Interior Minister Thomas Simonak in […]
Source: News Beast

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