Germany will extend temporary border controls for an additional six months, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday, February 16th—calling the measures necessary due to the lack of a “functional European migration policy.”
The spot-checks, originally introduced in September 2024, have already been extended twice and will now remain in force until at least mid-September 2026, promised ministry spokesman Leonard Kaminski:
Local authorities are still overwhelmed. … We have to do more to reach a situation that is sustainable for our country and our society.
Along with several other nations, including neighbors such as Poland and Austria, Germany has reintroduced these checks, citing threats to public order and security posed by uncontrolled migration.
Since taking office in May, the coalition led by the right-wing Chancellor Friedrich Merz has deployed more police to the borders in a strategic bid to increase the number of turn-backs at the frontier.
