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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 5:50 am
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Originally Posted by caspritz78
Absolutely normal and legal. Passport controls are only suspended under the Schengen treaty and can be re instated by any Schengen member if they see the need for it. This happens normally during large international events like a large soccer tournament or some large political summit.

I wouldn't wonder if we will see passport/ ID checks at the German-French border during the NATO summit in April.
Just heard on radio that for that occasion border controls will be reinstated ! But afterwards they will go back to random checks ...
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