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Germany mulls border checks for World Cup
Germany is to consider suspending a European agreement abolishing internal border controls before and during the 2006 World Cup, Interior Minister Otto Schily has told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Schily said the government might impose regular border security checks for a period to coincide with the tournament from 9 June to 9 July next year. Germany is party to the Schengen Treaty in which internal border checks have been abolished in all pre-enlargement European Union member states except for Britain and Ireland. The Schengen area also includes non-EU members Norway and Iceland. Schily said security authorities would be braced for all potential danger before and during the World Cup.
Schily has his priorities in order. Bet the editorial boards and Brussels don't agree with his thinking...
"We will be watching very closely who is coming to our country for the World Cup," he said. "Whether we again temporarily introduce regular border controls on the Schengen internal borders for the World Cup is something we will decide at the appropriate time based on the security situation. It is possible."
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-01-26
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