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Pop-Up Border Checks Snare Train Travellers on Czech Route into Bavaria
Bundespolizei officers operating Germany’s re-introduced internal border controls turned back several rail passengers and seized a weapon over the holiday weekend. The incident highlights how the year-old checks continue to snarl business travel on the Prague–Bavaria corridor and raises fresh questions about their legality under Schengen rules.
CDU Floats ‘Deutschlandticket in Kind’ for Welfare Recipients to Boost Labour Mobility
A CDU blueprint unveiled on 27 May would give Bürgergeld recipients a Deutschlandticket instead of a cash mobility allowance, aiming to spur job uptake and integration. The SPD and social groups condemn the plan as paternalistic, while mobility experts warn of knock-on effects for corporate travel benefits and public-transport capacity.