Harassment of Czech drivers a disgrace for Germany

The liberal daily Mladá Fronta Dnes comments on the increasing number of complaints by Czech drivers that they had been subject to harassment during German police controls, and warns against replying in kind: "People are now saying we should venge ourselves and subject the Germans to harder and more frequent police controls here at home. But that would be the dumbest thing we could do. Let's let the Germans - and everyone else we've opened our borders to - drive in peace. Let's not control them just because the customs officers now wearing police uniforms haven't found anything more meaningful to do. It's just a disgrace to the German side if they want to poison people's moods needlessly with their behaviour. ... There's not a scrap of proof that criminality has risen on account of the open borders. ... There is a rationale for the police controls in Germany. It's just the way they're carried out - on Czechs among other people - that borders on harassment."

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