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France is tightening controls at its landing borders. This was announced by President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the Franco-Spanish border. Consequently, the number of agents at border crossings will double to 4,800.
The controls are said to target illegal immigration amid a “growing terrorist threat,” Macron said. The president was referring to the terrorist attack in Vienna.
Macron also spoke in favor of reconsidering the Schengen Agreement and reviewing it “in depth”. Among other things, there should be your own security police. The attacks showed that there was a threat of terrorism and globalized networks everywhere, Macron said. It demanded an intense reaction from Europe. “France is doing this by doubling its forces.” Macron said he would make appropriate proposals in December.
Four killed in an attack in Vienna
On Monday night, an Islamist attacker killed four people and injured 22 others at various crime scenes in central Vienna. As a result, 14 people around the man were arrested. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer announced at a press conference on Wednesday that the perpetrator, a native of Austria who also has the citizenship of North Macedonia, acted alone.
Islamist attackers have also killed in France in recent weeks. In Paris, a student murdered a teacher after cartoons of Muhammad were shown in class. A Tunisian attacker killed three people and wounded six others in Nice last Thursday. It is said that it previously arrived in Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa.
After the attack in Nice, Macron said that France would be targeted for its values, freedom and firmness against terrorism. France “will not yield.” Already in the speech he announced an expansion of the security concept, instead of 3,000, 7,000 soldiers will be deployed in the future to protect places such as places of worship and schools.
Macron had already voiced the idea of redesigning the rules in the Schengen area before the 2019 European elections. At that time he put into play a joint border police and a European asylum authority and strict control conditions. After the 2015 terrorist attacks, France tightened its border controls.
