So Merkel was right then in 2015 that closing the borders against the will of the Austrians would have been in violation of EU law?
Is that a question?
Free movement pertains to EU citizens, but non-EU citizens do not have that right. What was wrong?
Introduction of the law that makes questionable the right of the EU country to keep outsiders out, by force if necessary.
That law, supported by Berlin, made it possible for a large number of illegals to come into the EU.
How to deal with them was up to each country.
Merkel invited all those illegal immigrants to Germany, so the question whether or not it was against some law or wasn't is a moot point here.
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2015 since refugees were coming from the South. Who would have thought back then than millions of Ukrainians
I see you are in denial to this day.
What refugees? African or Asian dwellers are not refugees in Europe. They are illegal migrants.
Ukrainians are legitimate refugees.
Spot the difference.