Schengen state Denmark to re-impose border controls - avoid delays at Danish borders by not going there

Denmark, one of the Schengen states, is to re-impose controls on its frontiers with Germany and Sweden within weeks, amid pressure from the right.Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said customs booths would be erected at crossings, as well as at harbours and airports. 

Insisting the controls were compatible with Schengen membership, he blamed a rise in cross-border crime. A populist right-wing party allied to the government with had called for the move.

!f enacted,  this unilateral action by Denmark is against the Schengen Agreement and one can expect that European tourists will avoid visiting Denmark . It certainly will cause adverse economic effects on Denmark and overall shows very little long-term vision on the part  of the Danish government.

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