Germany cancels border controls with Luxembourg

On Monday, during an official visit to Luxembourg, the country's Interior Minister Léon Gloden and the Minister of the Interior of the Saarland, Robert Jost, confirmed the big news: from August 2025, Germany will stop border controls on its border with Luxembourg.

The controls were introduced as part of temporary measures but have caused serious delays and discontent among some 55,000 workers who cross the border daily, especially between the Saar and south-west Luxembourg. Gloden said two lanes would be reopened and the concrete barriers removed.

At the same time, both sides agreed not to weaken the fight against crime: "Border co-operation between the Grand Duchy Police and the German Federal Police will be strengthened on the basis of the Prüm Convention," said Gloden.

The Prüm Convention is an international agreement aimed at exchanging information between police services of EU states, especially in the field of combating terrorism, illegal migration and organised crime.