At Germany’s Service - The European Commission’s Opinion on the Proportionality of German Border Controls Züllig, Leon Author aut Salomon, Stefan Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1668-4737 Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-06-22 eng
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 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Züllig, Leon 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-border-controls/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/97c46bb5fcf13997 260622 10.59704/97c46bb5fcf13997 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)