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Germany: How to explain the return of border controls announced by Olaf Scholz?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has just announced the return of border controls in the country. A decision that journalist Laurent Desbonnets explains in three points.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has just announced the return of border controls in the country. A decision that journalist Laurent Desbonnets explains in three points.
The German government has just announced that it will reinstate border controls starting next Monday, to prevent illegal aliens from entering its territory. How can we explain this decision by Chancellor Olaf Scholz? According to Laurent Desbonnets, former correspondent for France Télévisions in Berlin, the situation can be summed up as follows: “three images”.
The first, the“Terrorist knife attack two weeks ago that left three dead” in the west of the country. The second, that of the suspect, “an irregular Syrian” managed to escape deportation. And the third, that of Björn Höcke, the winning far-right candidate “of a regional election”, “a first in Germany since the Second World War”. “If you cross at Strasbourg, expect to have to show your papers”explains Laurent Desbonnets. “random checks” established for “six months”the journalist emphasizes.