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Border Checks Surge as EU Free Movement Threatened

7/18/2025

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Germany's heightened border checks, highlighted by the No. 983 bus delay at the Oder River crossing from Poland, reflect growing voter anxiety over asylum seekers. This crackdown has prompted neighboring countries like Austria and Poland to follow suit, jeopardizing the EU's cherished principle of free movement that has stood for over four decades.

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Germany's heightened border checks, highlighted by the No. 983 bus delay at the Oder River crossing from Poland, reflect growing voter anxiety over asylum seekers. This crackdown has prompted neighboring countries like Austria and Poland to follow suit, jeopardizing the EU's cherished principle of free movement that has stood for over four decades.