Poland Criticizes Germany’s Tightened Border Controls With EU Countries

Published on September 11, 2024

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized Germany’s move to toughen its land border controls on Tuesday. Tusk instead argued that the issue should be dealt with at the European level and called for urgent consultations with other affected countries and more support for Warsaw’s own immigration policies. Warsaw-Berlin relations had been warming since Tusk and his pro-EU coalition took power last December, but German reluctance to commit to joint financing for the European Union’s defense and strengthening of its eastern border has caused frustration in Poland. Poland, by virtue of its location on the eastern frontier of the 27-nation bloc, has been facing a migration crisis since 2021 which it claims is being masterminded by Belarus and Russia....

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