They had set up controls or even locked their borders in dispersed order two months ago. As they enter the crucial stage of national deconfinement, Europeans are now thinking of softening the borders of Schengen. Do they have a choice? Not really. These restrictions were much easier to manage when the EU economies were down and people were at home. "The pressure at the borders will go crescendo," said a European diplomat. This is demonstrated by these demonstrations organized here and there, in particular in border areas. Like these Polish hoteliers demanding the opening of Germany. "Lift the barriers," they chanted Friday.“The main problem is people's feelings. They are furious. There is a rise in populism and anti-European sentiment ” , worries the Alsatian and MEP LR Anne Sanders.
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The deconfinement within the Schengen area has started. Paris, which maintains controls
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