BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has extended temporary border controls for six months and informed the European Union, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday as he tries to show his government is combating irregular migration less than two weeks before an election.

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it attempts to cut the number of migrants arriving in the country

The German government has extended controls at all of the country's land borders by another six months in an effort to further reduce irregular migration, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday. "With border controls,

Germany has extended its temporary border controls for an additional six months, a move announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as the country addresses irregular migration ahead of the upcoming election.

Germany is extending controls on all its external border through 15 September, the German government announced Wednesday. The controls had been due to expire next month. Earlier, Luxembourg had threatened to refer the matter to the European Commission if the border controls were extended.

The co-chair of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday said he was in favour of extending temporary controls along the country's land borders to curb irregular migration. Speaking at a high-level meeting of German media chiefs hosted by dpa in Berlin,