German media has seized on official documents that suggest the country is mulling a permanent return of border controls.According to a report in Der Spiegel, minutes from a EU ambassadors' meeting suggest Germany wants to extend temporary controls currently in place.The document mentions a "filter function of the external borders," which it says is not working.Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has said previously that controls would only be "temporary," but the checks have already been extended a few times in the country, with the latest running until mid-February 2017.The latest suggested extension follows a tip-off over terror suspects trying to enter the country disguised as asylum seekers.However, not all officials want to see borders re-established.Ulla Jelpke, spokesperson for the Left Party (Die Linke) in the Bundestag, said, "We have to fight for an open, just Europe.""A return to national borders is the wrong way," the lawmaker stressed.
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