At the EU’s external borders, a new registration system should make the stamp in the passport superfluous. In Germany, too, new devices have to be installed and computer capacity made available.
From the point of view of the police union (GdP), the draft for the 2023 federal budget lacks money for the implementation of the new, stampless EU entry system at German airports and seaports. The so-called entry-exit system is to be put into operation in May 2023 at the external borders of the Schengen area. For this purpose, the Schengen states must purchase new scanners and have additional computer capacities available for the resulting data volume.
Since Germany, like all member states, has committed itself to introducing the new system, savings will have to be made elsewhere, said the GdP chairman for the federal police, Andreas Roßkopf, on Tuesday of the German Press Agency in Berlin on the sidelines of the union’s federal congress . Absolutely necessary investments in drones, vehicle maintenance, operational training facilities for life-threatening situations and much more would then be missing. The budget politicians must therefore urgently improve here, demanded Roßkopf. “It must not happen that the federal police are left behind in these areas and lose touch.”
Jochen Kopelke, the newly elected GdP federal chairman on Monday evening, said that investments must also be made in lighter, better body protection equipment and more modern vehicles. As further problem areas, he named the nationally inconsistent salaries of police officers and the different IT systems of the various police authorities.
No more stamp needed
The entry and exit data of all so-called third-country nationals for short-term stays are to be recorded with the entry-exit system. These are all travelers who have received a stamp in their passport so far. Entry bans should also be made visible to border officials via the system.
“The member states are in close contact with the European Commission at the time the entry-exit system is put into operation,” said a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior on request. This is currently planned for mid-2023. For a transitional period of 180 days, entry and exit stamps would also continue to be checked by the border authorities. According to the ministry, the complete installation of the necessary recording systems at all border crossing points should be completed by the end of the year. The line capacities as well as the capacities of the data processing center of the federal police are “sufficient according to the current situation”.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser also spoke about money in a speech to the congress participants on Monday. However, she was concerned with the pensionability of the police allowance. The SPD politician wants the allowance that the civil servants receive to be taken into account again in the pension. For whom and from when this should apply is still controversial. Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has not yet agreed.
Source: Stern
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