A German-Franco-led summit on Friday saw six nations demand that the European Union as a whole enact stricter regulations on asylum and step up border controls, in an apparent departure from the open borders orthodoxy that has dominated over the past decade. Gathering at the Zugspitze peak of the Bavarian Alps, the interior ministers of Germany, France, Poland, Denmark, Austria, and the Czech Republic agreed that the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) must become more stringent before it comes into force in 2026.
