http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/97c46bb5fcf13997 https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-border-controls/ At Germany’s Service - The European Commission’s Opinion on the Proportionality of German Border Controls Züllig, Leon Salomon, Stefan eng 2026-06-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Over eleven years, Schengen has been dying by a thousand cuts. Internal border controls – meant as exceptional, time-limited measures – have proliferated since 2015, with refugees pushed back at borders once meant to be open. After years of deafening silence, there is now finally a sign of life from the Commission: on 2 June 2026, it issued an opinion on the necessity and proportionality of border controls under the new Art. 27a(3) Schengen Borders Code. However, the opinion does little to remedy Schengen's worrying condition – and reveals a troubling vision of its future.