VIENNA: Austrian ministers said on Thursday that they want to change the rules governing Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone so they can extend border controls that expire later this year. The comments came after Brussels on Tuesday said that checks introduced at the height of the 2015 migrant crisis by Austria and four other countries must end by November. "If the European Commission is now saying that another extension of the national border controls beyond November is not possible because of legal reasons, then we need jointly to adapt the law to ensure that additional controls are necessary," Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskozil told the Austria Press Agency. —AFP