A Last minute agreement to avoid another failure on this topic migrants before the end of the legislative period. The EU Internal Affairs CouncilAfter hours of arguments, negotiations and mutual vetoes, an agreement was reached to pass the two legislative packages border procedures and on the asylum management. The new rules are intended to redefine the relationship between member states, but also non-EU countries, in terms of administration migration flows under the new one pact on migration. However, the green light for final approval is still missing European Parliament. Not too enthusiastic statements by the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosion the edge of the summit: “Italy had a position of great responsibility and found correspondence from other countries. We have attempted to make border procedures workable, a process which we believe must continue. We believe it is a day of action, not just a day of arrival.”
While we await the latest indiscretions on the crucial points of the deal, regarding the proposal of European Commission which, however, has met with criticism both from the countries most interested in stricter border management and from those that, on the other hand, wanted greater intra-European solidarity, is moving in the direction of one compromise text. The evening’s trial was sponsored by the Swedish Presidency, which called a small meeting between the Commission, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. In the last few hours, after the agreement seemed impracticable within a day, the Italian interior minister made a statement Matteo Piantedosi had said there had been progress “but not enough” and reiterated that there was an opportunity for Italy drive out to accept migrants in third countries who do not have the right to stay without having to wait for a repatriation agreement with the respective countries of origin.
What brought everyone, or almost everyone, into disagreement was first and foremost, once again, the issue solidarity between EU countries for the redistribution of refugees. There Suggestion The Swedish Presidency envisaged “mandatory solidarity” and the distribution of migrants among the different EU countries, which remain free to choose which one to choose Contribution to countries of first entry in the form of tools to control migration flows or financial aid, which the proposal amounts to €20,000 for each migrant who refuses to take them in. They were primarily in the minority on that front Poland And Hungary at the top, who had already spoken out against the proposal. Poland started a fresh start today, defining the hypothetical financial contributions as “unacceptable sanctions”. But it’s not just about the countries of the so-called Visegrad bloc. Others had contested the amount of the contribution and asked for a reduction in the contribution. But not even Italy, which along with Spain, Greece, Malta and Cyprus had called for mandatory relocation of migrants, welcomed the solution, preferring to reach a different compromise that relieved first-time arrivals of responsibility for those entering its borders migrant absolves. By taking a position that was certainly not conducive to the deal, the Italian government wanted to express a position that was “not against” but called for further negotiations to start soon. Countries like France and Germany have a completely different opinion. The German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faser He reiterated that he wanted to reach an agreement and not accept any new demands. While the French Gerald Darmanin he spoke of a “compromise that can work”. Interior Minister Piantedosi met his German counterpart at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Council, coinciding with the meeting between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the German Chancellor in Rome Olaf Scholzwho recalled that Germany had recently granted asylum to “one million Ukrainian citizens and another 240,000 people from other countries”.
Italy’s decision today was one of the most anticipated. But Piantedose’s position was anything but clear. “I don’t want to take a clearly opposing position, but we have to imagine the possibility of further negotiations on some points,” Piantedosi said at the Internal Affairs Council’s round table this morning. Italy, according to the statements reported by Ansa, wants to take a position of “Responsibility” in reference to the possible agreement on the issue of migration, which, however, must also be demonstrated to “Italian and European citizens” for a reform that would otherwise “certainly To Fail in reality”. In short: Italy in all probability does not want to claim paternity of a trial he will not see us as winners, particularly on the front line of solidarity between EU countries on the relocation of refugees, whose commitment had already been ruled out by the rotating Swedish Union presidency as well as most of Rome’s demands in recent months. Piantedosi had already raised his hand in recent days, arguing that the government “still isn’t focusing on resettlement,” in the spirit of all those who have campaigned for Europe to do its part over the past few years. Rather, Italy has asked for support with the “external dimension” of Europe, with those agreements with countries of origin and transit with which the government wants to solve the basic problem.
Contrary to demands from Germany, which was pushing for the deal to be finalized without further requests, Piantedosi brought some of these up on the table Italian requests Changes to the text, such as “flexibility in relation to the safe third country principle” and jurisdiction in cases SAR (Search and Rescue) – which would replace the current Dublin mechanism – which should be limited to “12 months” rather than two years. But especially the so-called connection principle, to which the same minister said at the end of the day: “We find that there is an objection on this point that remains crucial and we will have difficulties if we do not find another form of compromise”. the possibility of deportation to third countries and not about the country of origin. “This would allow the EU to raise its profile while respecting human rights and international law,” explained Piantedosi, thanking “the mediations and progress made on other points of the text”. The minister’s statements during the day were much more skeptical, especially regarding the implementation of financial compensation for the missed moves, which at least will not displease the Polish Minister of the Interior, Bartosz Grodecki“Pragmatically and politically, this mechanism is unacceptable for us,” he said, referring to the 20,000 euros, “and is in no way accepted or allowed in our country, which already hosts a million refugees from Ukraine.”