The Commission has created a pool of 30 national experts for border control posts.

Omissions

• The specific date cited in the claim — that the experts' visits to border control posts 'started this week on 14 September' — could not be corroborated by any source found; only the existence and the size (30) of the experts pool are documented.
• The official European Commission source that states the number '30' frames it as a future commitment ('We will also create a pool of 30 national experts in border control posts and their operations'), a tense/timing discrepancy with the claim's 'we have created'.
• The primary source stating the figure of 30 is a speech by the very same Commissioner (Várhelyi) who made the claim, so independence from the speaker is limited; the separate Commission SANTE newsletter confirms the experts pool but does not itself publish the number 30.
• The publication date of the presscorner speech could not be retrieved; it appears to be a 2026 document.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Speech by Commissioner Várhelyi (presscorner)"We will also create a pool of 30 national experts in border control posts and their operations, who will: make targeted visits to border control ..."
• PrimaryEuropean Commission – SANTE newsletter: 'Official controls: Commission to gather experts pool'"Through this Experts Pool, national officials, appointed by the governments, will perform staff exchanges and joint visits to major EU border control posts ..."
• SecondaryEURCAW Ruminants & Equines – 'EU Commission establishes expert pool to strengthen import controls across the Union'"EU Commission establishes expert pool to strengthen import controls across the Union. Through this Experts Pool, national officials, appointed by their government, will perform staff exchanges and joint visits to major EU border control posts ..."