Originally Posted by jefi99

I did see the whole press circus on TV on the "inauguration day" of the increased checks. Cars were stopped, but I am quite sure that no police check or immigration control was taking place, because customs officers are not allowed to do that. However, one of the reasons for the increase in controls were to check eastern european workers. Not for work permits, but to check if they are registered tax payers. Since the customs department and tax authority is the same in Denmark, they might have been checking that (which might require ID).

BTW, I am not defending the political decision. Just explaining it...