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- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt rejected the European Commission’s request to end border checks, saying they curb illegal migration.
- Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk said Poland, the only Schengen state not asked to lift temporary controls, finds reductions difficult because the issue is politicized.
- Home Affairs Minister Léon Gloden said Luxembourg’s complaint about Germany’s checks prompted his welcome of the Commission’s pressure to lift them, calling it nine months late.
