Border controls: Unions raise the alarm for Saxony!

Border controls: Unions raise the alarm for Saxony!

In the past few weeks, the German-Polish border has been bubbling: The stationary border controls that have been in focus for a long time have leaded to displeasure and unrest among commuters and in business. Daniela Kolbe, the deputy chair of the DGB Saxony, has clearly positioned himself and described the controls as a burden for the employees in the region. The DGB press release emphasizes how cross-border commuters from Poland and the Czech Republic, which commute to Saxony every day and losing valuable working hours again. Truck drivers also learn massive planning uncertainties, which has a negative impact on the entire logistics chain.

But it is not just the traffic jam problem that affects the employees. The DGB boss in Saxony, Markus Schlimbach, goes one step further and speaks of an "unbearable" situation for the border commuters. In a report by Sächsischen Zeitung he also criticizes the border controls and leads even more international delivery chains Structural traffic jams and accidents in the border regions back to the series of controls. "Armin Schuster, the Saxon Interior Minister of the CDU, is heavily criticized in this debate. Schlimbach accuses him of doing nothing for ending the controls and instead of keeping it up to their constantation, which endangers the concept of a free and open Europe."

Greek system in danger?

The repeated controls are not only on the brink in Saxony. Since the Schengen reform, which has come into force at the beginning of the year, which, among other things, provides for the abolition of the controls at land limits, many concerns about whether these regulations will last long-term. reports from the European Parliament show that border controls at internal boundaries should only be reintroduced in exceptional cases. The EU promotes alternative measures such as targeted police controls and increased cooperation in security monitoring.

The situation could soon be worsening, because not only Germany has introduced these border controls - Poland also took similar measures. Daniela Kolbe therefore warns into a cross -border dialogue and calls for an end to the inpatient controls to offer people and the companies in the border region a perspective that is characterized by planning security. In the current situation, it remains to be hoped that those responsible will take these important topics seriously and draw up a long -term plan that meets all sides.