Poland to introduce border controls with Germany: PM

By AFP
June 12, 2025
The Speaker of the Polish Parliament, Szymon Hołownia, observes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds to parliamentary inquiries on the day a vote of confidence is scheduled for his center-left coalition government, in Warsaw, Poland, June 11, 2025.—Reuters
The Speaker of the Polish Parliament, Szymon Hołownia, observes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds to parliamentary inquiries on the day a vote of confidence is scheduled for his center-left coalition government, in Warsaw, Poland, June 11, 2025.—Reuters

WARSAW: Poland may introduce checks on its border with Germany in coming weeks to clamp down on its neighbour pushing back undocumented migrants, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

Migration was a key issue in Poland´s presidential campaign won by nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki on June 1 against a pro-European candidate supported by Tusk.

Germany´s conservative government toughened its border checks upon taking office in May, and Nawrocki had called for tougher controls on the frontier with Poland´s western neighbour to stop it sending back migrants.

Tusk said it was “very probable that from this summer we will introduce such partial controls on the frontier with Germany”. The prime minister, whose government won a parliamentary confidence vote on Wednesday.