During the same Berlin press briefing on 25 February, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed that the temporary controls re-introduced on Germany’s borders with Czechia, Poland and Switzerland in 2024 will be prolonged for another six months, until 15 September 2026. The decision—leaked earlier to Bild—responds to what Berlin calls ‘persistent secondary movements’ of asylum seekers along the Balkan and Central-European routes.
For travellers this means spot ID checks on the motorway corridors between Saxony/Bavaria and Czechia will continue through the summer tourism peak. Passenger trains on the Dresden–Prague and Munich–Prague lines are already subject to on-board document inspections by German federal police; airlines operating the Prague–Munich shuttle have been asked to remind non-EU nationals that Schengen-area ID must be carried throughout the journey.
If you need clarity on which travel documents will satisfy German border officers, VisaHQ can help. Their Czech Republic page (https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/) offers real-time guidance on Schengen entry rules and can arrange fast, compliant visa or passport services for individual travelers and corporate mobility teams alike.
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Czech road hauliers warn that the measure adds up to 45 minutes per crossing during peak freight hours, disrupting ‘just-in-time’ supply chains for the automotive cluster around Plzeň and the electronics hub in Ústí nad Labem. The Czech Transport Union is pressing Prague and Berlin to expand the Green Lane system—dedicated fast-track lanes for accredited trucks—that proved effective during the pandemic.
Policy backdrop: Under Schengen rules, internal controls may be re-extended only if a ‘serious threat’ persists; critics say Berlin is stretching the definition. The European Commission has asked member states to phase out long-running checks by the end of 2026 once the new biometric Entry/Exit System is fully operational.
Practical advice: Corporate mobility managers should alert staff driving or taking trains into Germany to carry passports or national ID cards and build extra time into itineraries. Supply-chain teams may need to adjust delivery windows or switch to alternative routes via Austria. (ceskenoviny.cz)
For travellers this means spot ID checks on the motorway corridors between Saxony/Bavaria and Czechia will continue through the summer tourism peak. Passenger trains on the Dresden–Prague and Munich–Prague lines are already subject to on-board document inspections by German federal police; airlines operating the Prague–Munich shuttle have been asked to remind non-EU nationals that Schengen-area ID must be carried throughout the journey.
If you need clarity on which travel documents will satisfy German border officers, VisaHQ can help. Their Czech Republic page (https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/) offers real-time guidance on Schengen entry rules and can arrange fast, compliant visa or passport services for individual travelers and corporate mobility teams alike.
Czech road hauliers warn that the measure adds up to 45 minutes per crossing during peak freight hours, disrupting ‘just-in-time’ supply chains for the automotive cluster around Plzeň and the electronics hub in Ústí nad Labem. The Czech Transport Union is pressing Prague and Berlin to expand the Green Lane system—dedicated fast-track lanes for accredited trucks—that proved effective during the pandemic.
Policy backdrop: Under Schengen rules, internal controls may be re-extended only if a ‘serious threat’ persists; critics say Berlin is stretching the definition. The European Commission has asked member states to phase out long-running checks by the end of 2026 once the new biometric Entry/Exit System is fully operational.
Practical advice: Corporate mobility managers should alert staff driving or taking trains into Germany to carry passports or national ID cards and build extra time into itineraries. Supply-chain teams may need to adjust delivery windows or switch to alternative routes via Austria. (ceskenoviny.cz)
