What does it take for the Commission to take a Schengen complaint seriously? Back in May I was subjected to the most extraordinary border control identity check at Perpignan station. I have blogged the transcript of the encounter here, and sent this to the European Commission, hoping they see this as non-Schengen compliant. The redacted letter of response from the Commission is here:
Analysis Commission replies to my Rzepin Schengen complaint Back on 11th March I documented an interesting incident at the Polish-German border between Rzepin and Frankfurt(Oder) where a Polish border guard demanded my passport and would not accept a driving license as I was about to cross the border. For me this crossed the border between what is
Non-Schengen compliant border control between Rzepin and Frankfurt (Oder), 11th March 2014, 2156 3 police officers or border guards, 2 Polish and 1 German as far as I could tell (the one who spoke to me was Polish) boarded train EC 40, the Warszawa - Berlin express, at Rzepin on 11th March 2014. I was in the front carriage of the train, where