Bettel proposes border closures for one day
Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel made a rather unusual proposal at a conference in Paris recently, suggesting that EU member states should consider bringing back border controls to highlight the value of freedom of movement across borders.
Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel made a rather unusual proposal at a conference in Paris recently. According to Bloomberg, he suggested that EU member states should consider bringing back border controls to highlight the value of freedom of movement across borders.
“Shutting the frontiers for a day would show people what it means to wait two hours to get into Italy or Spain, to have controls everywhere, to block all exchanges,” Bettel told Bloomberg.
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