The re-imposition of border checks is just the latest example of how mounting public concerns across the European Union over migration are straining the fabric of the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone.

This article puts it rather midly, but i see a lot of media calling border checks ‘the end of Schengen’ but i feel that is so much of an exaggeration. I’m not in favour of these checks, but the underlying principles that make the Schengen area possible (freedom of movement for goods, people and services) still holds as it has for years. It’s not like what is and isn’t allowed has changed, only whether it’s checked you are following the rules. I’m not saying this is a useful way of spending money but I feel the media in general are really happy to write about how the EU is crumbling apart, foretelling some kind of European apocalypse. The shift to the right caused much worse things than border checks, also for asylum seekers. We’re about to lock people up outside of the EU for processing and nowhere do i read how this is ‘straining the fabric of European decency’ or something like that.