TOP5 4625 L Espagne menace l Italie de represailles sur les controles aux frontieres

Spain is taking a tougher stance against Italy, which has reinstated border controls on travelers arriving from Spain following the massive influx of migrants into Ceuta. Madrid is demanding their lifting by Sunday, August 9, and is threatening to adopt "proportionate" retaliatory measures if this is not done. Rome, however, is rejecting this ultimatum and has announced it will maintain the controls until August 15, citing national security concerns. This confrontation between the two countries is raising tensions surrounding the future of free movement within the Schengen Area.