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German court rules Luxembourg border identity check unlawful; Berlin lifts fixed controls
A German court ruled that a suspicion-free identity check on a Saarland law professor returning from Luxembourg was unlawful, finding Berlin's internal border controls insufficiently justified under Schengen rules. Two days later, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt lifted fixed checks on the Luxembourg frontier, easing months of delays for 50,000 daily commuters — while denying the verdict drove the decision and vowing to appeal.