The EU Interior Council An agreement on this was reached in Luxembourg migration agreement And asylum. In particular, a negotiating position was taken on the two central regulations on the asylum procedure and the asylum system.
The reform of the EU asylum system is in progress
“The ministers have just agreed on a general approach to the regulation on asylum and migration management and the asylum procedure regulation,” writes the Swedish Presidency on his Twitter profile.
“These dossiers – continues the social note – represent the two main pillars of the reform of the EU asylum system and are fundamental to strike a good balance between responsibility and solidarity. The hard work we have done during several presidencies has contributed to the result we have achieved today.”
The comment from the President of the European Parliament was received immediately Roberta Metsola: “The agreement of the member states on the new migration rules is good news. The European Parliament welcomes this crucial step forward and stands ready to start negotiations immediately in order to reach an agreement before the end of the mandate.”
According to European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, “We have shown that we do not give up. After years of failure, we have shown that Europe can deliver on migration.”
Planted happily
“Italy has a great responsibility and has received correspondence from other countries: we have tried to make border procedures workable, a process which we believe must continue.” We believe that it is a day when something is going and not just a day of arrival.” So the Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.
Minister Matteo Piantedosi
“Italy has reached consensus on all the proposals presented during today’s Council meeting,” Piantedosi added. First, we avoided the hypothesis that Italy and all first-arrival Member States were paid to keep irregular migrants on their territories. Italy will not be the assembly point for immigrants in the name of Europe.”
Who voted no?
The Pact on Migration and Asylum was adopted with Poland and Hungary voting against and Malta, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria abstaining. Italy voted in favour.
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