The new government in Berlin wants to launch Article 72 of the TFEUE Treaty (TFEU). Consequently, the Dublin agreement would cease to apply, which would result in more border controls and rejecting the applications of asylum applicants.
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Article 72. Allows Member States to withdraw from certain EU provisions to maintain public order and protect internal security – the portal reminded.
It is still unclear when the implementation of the “emergency” “Welt” said.
“Exceptional state” in Germany. Berlin denies
For reports of the “Welt” daily, about the announcement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz “National State” in relation to migration, the spokesman of the German government Stefan Kornelius quickly reacted, who denied this information.
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“The Chancellor does not want to announce a state of exceptional” – Kornelius told the portal of the” Bild “daily.
Germany seals boundaries
The Minister of the Interior of Germany Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) ordered to turn back asylum applicants on Wednesday. In this way, he withdrew the decision of 2015 on the permission of migrants from safe third countries to enter the country after submitting the asylum application.
Before the parliamentary elections, which took place in Germany in February, Friedrich Merz announced that as Chancellor, the first day of office he would recommend the Ministry of the Interior constant control of all borders and turning all the illegally entering. This also applies to persons authorized to protect – the portal pointed out.
After the scoffter attack in Solingen, which occurred in August 2024, Merz called for a significant limitation of the “continuous illegal influx of” migrants and refugeesw.
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From the point of view of the authorities in Berlin, turning is legal, because the persons to whom this provision concerns has already traveled through at least one of the neighboring Germany's countries, and thus through the safe country. This means that – in accordance with the EU regulations – “they have already gone by at least one country too far”. However, if there were problems with EU law, it would have to be changed or had to be announced “emergency” within the meaning of the EU treaties, “Welt” said.
