France is intending to extend checks at its borders to curb irregular migration for “as long as necessary,” Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday. Presenting his new administration’s programme for government at the National Assembly, the country’s lower house, Barnier said border controls due to expire in October would be extended, highlighting similar measures imposed in Germany last month. Despite Schengen area rules guaranteeing freedom of movement, France first reintroduced checks on its borders in 2015 following Islamist attacks, allowing it to turn back migrants without the right…