The European executive raised the prospect of a legal showdown with Denmark over its snap decision to restore border controls within the EU's single market and passport-free travel zone, turning the Danish move into a test case for prized liberties in Europe.
José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European commission which initiates and polices EU law, told the centre-right government he had "important doubts" about whether it was complying with European and international law. He warned the Danes against acting unilaterally and threatened to take Copenhagen to the European court of justice. "We will take all necessary steps to ensure the full respect of the relevant law," he said in a letter to the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Denmark stunned its EU partners on Wednesday by announcing, without consultation, that it was reintroducing customs controls and border checks on the frontiers with Germany and Sweden as part of a campaign said to be directed at combating transnational crime and thwarting mafias from eastern Europe.
For more: EU warns Denmark over border controls | World news | The Guardian
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