In 6 countries (Austria, Germany, Norway, Denmark, France, Sweden) Schengen is effectively dead since 9 years in a row. These countries have filed (overlapping) notifications with various reasons, meaning that they could perform continuous border controls on internal borders. Something that according to the Schengen Agreement should be a very rare exception in very exceptional times.
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Source: EU and https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/SchengenData/src/branch/main/CSV/2025-08-04_SchengenExceptionsClean.csv
Graph showing how in the years from 2016 to 2025 six countries (Austria, Germany, Norway, Denmark, France and Sweden) had active notifications on the temporary reintroduction of border control almost always for the full year.
Table showing days of notified exceptions for border control, sorted by total number of days 2006-2025.
NOTE: Cells contain the total sum of days under notification of an exception per year. The individual notifications may overlap, resulting in a total that is more than 365 days per year.
Member State Duration (Sum)
Austria 5117 days
Belgium 225 days
Bulgaria 180 days
Czechia 348 days
Denmark 3804 days
Estonia 184 days
Finland 742 days
France 3648 days
Germany 4684 days
Hungary 535 days
Iceland 174 days
Italy 837 days
Latvia 8 days
Lithuania 185 days
Malta 89 days
Norway 4310 days
Poland 418 days
Portugal 209 days
Slovakia 286 days
Slovenia 813 days
Spain 248 days
Sweden 3645 days
Switzerland 183 days
The Netherlands 377 days
Grand Total 31249 days