After Germany criticized Greece for its decision to place a border fence in Evros to keep out illegal immigrants, the nation now proposes that Greece should exit the Schengen Agreement. According to Germany, Greece is unable to control its borders. Günter Krings, CDU-Fraction Vice Chairman, urged Greece to exit the EU Schengen Agreement. “The Greeks should have the decency to leave the Schengen area better today than tomorrow, if they are not willing or are not able to control their borders, ” Krings stated to German daily Rheinische Post on Thursday. The Schengen Agreement signed in 1985 created the border-less Europe, with no border controls among the EU-member states. Also the European Union should not longer just watch, “how the Greeks trample the procedures laws with their feet, ” demanded the CDU politician. CDU stands for conservative Christian Democrat Union, the party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Krings’ call comes a day after German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere from the same CDU-party decided to temporarily stop sending illegal immigrants that have entered the European Union via Greece, back to the country.
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