Europe is locked down, the terrorism alarm "suspends" Schengen.
Italy has decided to restore controls on the border with Slovenia starting from 21 October.
«With the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi we communicated the decision at the European level. The suspension of the Schengen Treaty on free movement in Europe was necessary due to the worsening of the situation in the Middle East, the increase in migratory flows along the Balkan route and above all for reasons of national security, and I take full responsibility for it », Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni explains on social media. The decision was taken because "the police measures at the Italian-Slovenian border are not adequate to guarantee the required security", Palazzo Chigi specified.
Eight other states have decided to seal off some borders: Austria will recheck the borders with the Czech Republic
Austria will recheck the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia from today until October 27th, border controls with Slovenia and Hungary will also be renewed. Berlin reinstates border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Norway renews controls on ports with ferries connected to the Schengen area, Poland closes the border with Slovakia which in turn restores controls on entry from Hungary. Sweden renews controls on all its borders, the Czech Republic introduces them on the border with Slovakia and France introduces controls on all internal borders.
Francia, allarme terrorismo in diversi aeroporti
The alert is maximum. Several French airports closed, same thing in Belgium due to reports and false alarms. The Palace of Versailles closed for the third time in five days due to a bomb threat, the same one triggered today in the Jewish Ghetto in Rome. The fear of terrorist attacks returns to Europe after the attack in Brussels and the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
And Defense Minister Guido Crosetto underlines the risks, speaking of the hospital destroyed in Gaza: «That incident could lead perhaps five, ten, a hundred people to think of having to avenge something that perhaps we don't even know who caused it and this is unpredictable. All it takes is one person who trains on the computer and goes out into the street with a knife or another who decides to blow himself up."
The spotlight is on around fifty radicalized people in Italy and for this reason the investigators are paying attention: "These are not just asylum seekers - explain investigative sources - but also integrated people who live permanently here".
(Unioneonline/L)