Could this be used by an EU country to effectively limit free movement?
Imagine Berlin enforces an €1000000000 entry fee, except on people meeting certain criteria. All residents of Germany are exempt, everyone who gets what effectively amounts to a Visa is exempt, everybody else has to pay up, except the amount is so ridiculous that nobody will actually do so.
The judges in courts are humans who look for intent. They're not machines who you can trick that easily. So no, no need to worry about a €1000000000 entry fee to Berlin.
Venice is tiny, old, decaying. You can just think of it as a museum. EU free movement does not give free access to all EU museums.
Imagine Berlin enforces an €1000000000 entry fee, except on people meeting certain criteria. All residents of Germany are exempt, everyone who gets what effectively amounts to a Visa is exempt, everybody else has to pay up, except the amount is so ridiculous that nobody will actually do so.
As an EU citizen, I'm a bit concerned by this.