The recent gains of the far right in regional elections in East Germany continued to make waves this week as the center-left coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to seize back the initiative. In an attempt to further crack down on illegal immigration, Germany is now tightening controls at its borders, undermining – at least for six months – the Schengen system, Europe’s visa-free area of unrestricted movement. This in reaction to a 33% rise in irregular border crossings, according to the latest official numbers. “We will therefore extend our temporary border controls to all German land bo…