Spain restores border checks ahead of ECB meeting
LA JUNQUERA, Spain, APR 28 (AP/UNB) - Spain has temporarily restored border checks in its northeast and at two major airports in a bid to stop protesters entering the country ahead of a European Central Bank meeting in Barcelona.
The Catalan regional capital is to host an ECB governing council assembly on May 3 as the financial crisis in Spain deepens, with 24.4 percent of the workforce unemployed and the economy lurching into its second recession in three years.
Spanish authorities early Saturday suspended the Schengen Treaty which allows unrestricted travel inside member nations, and imposed controls at six border crossings with France and at Barcelona and Gerona international airports.
Security forces have been strengthened with 2,000 extra police being placed on duty until midnight on May 4.
The Catalan regional capital is to host an ECB governing council assembly on May 3 as the financial crisis in Spain deepens, with 24.4 percent of the workforce unemployed and the economy lurching into its second recession in three years.
Spanish authorities early Saturday suspended the Schengen Treaty which allows unrestricted travel inside member nations, and imposed controls at six border crossings with France and at Barcelona and Gerona international airports.
Security forces have been strengthened with 2,000 extra police being placed on duty until midnight on May 4.
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