Among others, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser have recently emphasized the importance of a quick agreement. This is a “final political agreement”, Faeser told the “Frankfurter Rundschau” (Monday edition) and was “confident that we will succeed”. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) recently warned in the National Council against a weakening of the package that EU interior ministers had agreed on this year.
The planned asylum reform aims, among other things, to limit irregular migration. For example, if there is a particularly strong increase in migration, the period during which people can be held in prison-like conditions should be extended. There are concerns about these plans in the European Parliament.
Time is of the essence: projects that have not been negotiated with Member State governments by the European elections in June 2024 could then be called into question again and postponed for a long time. In the case of the planned reform of the asylum system, this would represent a particularly large setback. The project has been in the works for years.