Arguing that the measure is helping combat irregular migration, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on February 12, said that internal border controls with its neighbouring country of Luxembourg and all other bordering countries would be extended for an additional six months, once the existing one expires.

While the current measure is expected to last until March 15, Scholz confirmed that with the new changes border controls will be extended until September 15, 2025.

Increased Pressure to Take Germany to EU Court

Luxembourg’s LSAP, the largest opposition party, called for Luxembourg to take Germany’s decision to extend border controls to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

LSAP MP Yves Cruchten said that Luxembourg’s Home Affairs Minister’s previous steps to take action against the controls were not enough.

While Germany argues that border controls help to prevent attacks such as those in Magdeburg or Munich, Cruchten questioned their effectiveness, as quoted by the Luxembourg Times.

However, Cruchten’s motion was rejected by the CSV and DP, with Golden arguing that it wouldn’t be very effective.

According to Gusty Graas (DP), involving the EU Commission would be a better approach than taking legal action.

Germany Claims Border Controls Have Proven Effective

Germany’s Ministry of Interior Nancy Faeser, said that border controls have proven to be effective and continue to be necessary.

Announcing the new changes, authorities in Germany ensured that frontier checks would be carried out in such a manner that would affect travel and commuter traffic as little as possible.

The figures from the German Ministry of Interior revealed that since September 16, 2024, when border controls took effect a large number of irregular entries were registered. In addition, the German Federal Police detected nearly 80,000 irregular entries since mid-September.