STORY: Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt gathered his counterparts from neighbouring France, Denmark, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic on Friday (July 18) to discuss stricter migration measures.

The meeting on the picturesque Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain came one month after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a court ruling against the expulsion by German border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government's migration crackdown but would not stop it.

People would continue to be turned away at the German border, Merz said at the time.

His interior minister was expected to address reporters at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT).

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Germany hosts EU interior ministers to discuss stricter migration measures

VIDEO SHOWS: GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER ALEXANDER DOBRINDT HOSTING HIS COUNTERPARTS FROM FRANCE, AUSTRIA, POLAND, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK AND EU COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS, MAGNUS BRUNNER ON ZUGSPITZE (pron.: TSOOG-shpitse) MOUNTAIN / GREENPEACE PROTEST WITH PROTEST BANNER ‘PROTECT RIGHT TO ASYLUM, SUMMIT OF ISOLATION’ / ARRIVAL OF AUSTRIA’S GERHARD KARNER, FRANCE’S BRUNO RETAILLEAU AND POLAND’S TOMASZ SIEMONIAK

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SHOWS: GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER ALEXANDER DOBRINDT PUTTING HIS ARM ON BACK OF AUSTRIAN COUNTERPART GERHARD KARNER AS OTHER EU INTERIOR MINISTERS LOOK DOWN FROM TERRACE ATOP GERMANY’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, THE ZUGSPITZE

2. MOUNTAIN PANORAMA

3. MINISTERS POSING FOR FAMILY PHOTO, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT EU COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS, MAGNUS BRUNNER / DENMARK’S KAARE DYBVAD / FRANCE’S BRUNO RETAILLEAU / GERMANY’S ALEXANDER DOBRINDT / GERMANY’S STATE SECRETARY FOR THE INTERIOR, DANIELA LUDWIG / POLAND’S TOMASZ SIEMONIAK / AUSTRIA’S GERHARD KARNER AND CZECH REPUBLIC’S VIT RAKUSAN

3. MOUNTAIN PANORAMA

4. DOBRINDT AND COUNTERPARTS LOOKING AT MOUNTAINS AS LUDWIG TAKES PICTURES

5. MOUNTAIN PANORAMA

6. VARIOUS OF GREENPEACE PROTESTERS UNFURLING BANNER ON SIDE OF MOUNTAIN READING IN GERMAN ‘PROTECT RIGHT TO ASYLUM, SUMMIT OF ISOLATION,’ FILMED BEFORE ARRIVAL OF MINISTERS

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2025) (BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK POOL – Access all)

7. VARIOUS OF AUSTRIA’S KARNER ARRIVING AT BOTTOM OF MOUNTAIN, FILMED EARLIER

8. FRANCE’S RETAILLEAU ARRIVING WITH OPEN ARMS AS BAVARIAN BRASS BAND MUSIC IS HEARD, RETAILLEAU SHAKING HANDS WITH MAYOR WHO IS DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL BAVARIAN COSTUME, FILMED EARLIER

9. ZUGSPITZE SEEN FROM VALLEY

10. RETAILLEAU AND DOBRINDT IN DISCUSSION

11. ZUGSPITZE SEEN FROM VALLEY

12. POLAND’S TOMASZ SIEMONIAK ARRIVING AS MUSIC IS HEARD, FILMED EARLIER