By
our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online
Munich (dpa) – Germany reintroduced border checks on Tuesday ahead of
the G7 summit taking place in Bavaria on June 7 and 8, in a bid to
prevent any violent attacks on the international meeting.
The Interior Ministry said that travellers could possibly be stopped
and checked any time up until June 15.
Germany is a part of the European Union‘s so-called Schengen
border-free area and does not normally carry out border checks.
The Schengen agreement does, however, permit the temporary
reintroduction of border checks in certain circumstances.
The controls would be carried out on Germany‘s borders with Austria
and the Czech Republic, but would not be universally applied, the
ministry said.
Some 2,500 police officers are being deployed to the remote castle of
Elmau in Upper Bavaria for the gathering of the world‘s leading
industrialized nations, with a further 800 officers offering support
to the Federal Crime Agency.
Authorities expect at times violent clashes with anti-capitalist
protesters during the summit.
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