Overview

• Germany intensified border controls in May, authorizing asylum seeker rejections at Schengen frontiers.
• At June’s 40th anniversary meeting, Luxembourg’s Léon Gloden and Poland’s Tomasz Siemoniak decried the checks as contrary to Schengen’s spirit.
• Frequent extensions have caused multi-hour delays for daily cross-border commuters and reduced workforce mobility in border regions.
• Luxembourg lodged a formal complaint with the EU Commission in February without pursuing a referral to the European Court of Justice.
• EU Interior Commissioner Magnus Brunner has urged rapid adoption of a migration pact to stop further extensions and restore free movement.