Germany reveals: border control more effective than inventing EU policy

Germany has decided it's better to check passports than wait for the European Union to figure out how to solve migration policy. Border control will be extended for another six months because, as it turns out, the EU member states' consensus process is slower than Liepāja bus service during winter.

"We thought there would be some plan by now, but it turns out Brussels is still arguing about whether to print migrant registration forms on white or slightly gray paper," comments local expert Guntars from Grobiņa, who regularly follows European politics between his fishing duties.

Chancellor Merz promised in December to end border checks soon, but now it appears that "soon" in German politics means "when the rest of Europe finally figures out what to do." It's roughly the same as when Liepāja promises to fix the roads "soon" — the technical clarification is always "sometime in the future."

Meanwhile, border controls have resulted in nearly 50,000 people being sent back, proving that sometimes good old-fashioned document checking is more effective than long discussions about what document checking should look like. As our Liepāja port workers would say: "While others think, we do."