A few days ago, as reported in the news feed, the city of Cologne upgraded the level of security at the entrances to the Cathedral (Dom) adjacent to the railway station. Mindful of the possibility (likelihood?) of “terror” attacks, the city decided that additional screening was required, with restrictions on packages and luggage, searches of backpacks, etc. It’s not quite up to airport level yet — I didn’t see any metal detectors, wanding, or naked scanners — but it’s more intrusive than it used to be, and there have been complaints from the public.

Below is a report from German television on the new measures in Cologne. Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling.

As Vlad points out in the video, the European Union has removed all national borders, so now it must establish border controls around each and every monument, school, church, public building, etc.:

For more on security screening at the Dom, see this article in The Local (hat tip Fjordman).

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