August 14, 2025
Germany’s height border check cost more than € 80 million
The German -height border check with its neighboring countries has so far spent the government on a lease of € 80.5 million ($ 93.4 million), the German Funche media group newspapers have reported on Thursday by the German Funche Media Group on the basis of data from the German Interior Ministry.
The border check began on 16 September 2024 under the government of the previous center-left Chancellor Olaf Sholaz. Thesis check has been continuing under his successor, Chancellor Frederick Merz, who took over on 6 May.
According to the report of Funke Media Group, the most expensive part of the border check is compensation for police officers who are inspecting. The cost of overtime work for officers from September 2024 to June 2025 is € 37.9 million.
On a quarterly basis, the border check costs between 24 tonnes of 29.1 million.
The German Interior Ministry said that from April to June of this year, € 2.6 million was “working at an uncomfortable time.” Officers of the outposts are working 24/7, which means they will have to pay for a more expensive night and Sunday shift.
About € 8 million hotels and border checks from April to June had catering for employers of officers. The price of operation of the border station is less than € 2 million.
German border check spark dispute
The free movement of Europe is to be temporary border check within the Schengen region.
Germany has implemented checks to deal with irregular migration and crime, the Merz government has demanded the use of checks to return the migrants on the German borders. 14,000 German federal federal appeal in border posts across the country.
Germany reflects the boundaries of many major European economies, such as France, Poland and Netherlands. The border check has made more complex to daily travelers that are further read or studied between Germany and other European countries for work.
The German internal minister Alexander Dobrid, a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party in Bavaria, wanted to expand the border check beyond September.
Members of the opposition socialist leftist party and environmentalist Green Party have criticized the Germany’s European border investigation as “illegal” and called for abolishing them.
