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And in the european union, we are still struggling to find an agreement on the new pact on migration asylum. we still suffer. we cannot find a way to provide solidarity among ourselves in the european union. first reception countries, countries in the centre of europe. we need to solve these issues. and on thursday, at the council of the european union, i hope we do a step forward in finding a suitable and lasting solution in the european migration pact. youre still a very long way from that, ar...

In the european migration pact. youre still a very long way from that, arent you, minister? within the european union. we are very far away from an agreement. thats true. because we dont have a solidarity mechanism, but thats whats missing. at the heart of the pact is the solidarity mechanism and the voluntary mechanism we agreed last year. listen to that — it only relocated less than half a percent of the 2022 arrivals. less than half a percentage point. and thats a big problem. we have to en...

To co—ordinate ourselves. and, yes, there are a lot of reasons why we need to provide humanitarian support to people in need. and europe should not be closed. we should not deny asylum to people that need it, but we need to co—ordinate ourselves. and in the european union, we are still struggling to find an agreement on the new pact on migration asylum. we still suffer. we cannot find a way to provide solidarity among ourselves in the european union. first reception countries, countries in t...

In the european migration pact. youre still a very long way from that, arent you, minister? within the european union. we are very far away from an agreement. thats true. because we dont have a solidarity mechanism, but thats whats missing. the heart of the pact is the solidarity mechanism and the voluntary mechanism we agreed last year. listen to that — it only relocated less than half a percent of the 2022 arrivals. less than half a percentage point. and thats a big problem. we have to end o...

In her address, the European Parliament President Metsola called for unity in support of Ukraine, in response to migration challenges and in rebuilding trust in the European economy. On Ukraine: “Today is an important day for European unity. President Zelenskyy’s words reverberated throughout Europe with a strong message of unity and a reminder that the […]

European interior ministers deem the rate of 'successful' returns - currently around 21% - as unacceptably low.

Sweden took the helm of the Council of the EU for the third time on 1 January. What do Swedish MEPs expect from the coming six months? The Swedish presidency is the last in the current presidency trio, following France and the Czech Republic, and marks the last chapter for the common 18-month presidency programme. […]

North Africa’s brain drain is Europe’s brain gain

Brussels is drawing up a crisis plan as Meloni and Macron risk ‘another mega political crisis’ over migration, Margaritis Schinas tells POLITICO.

Earlier this month, new Swedish Prime Minister (PM) Ulf Kristersson presented his center-right government, made up of his Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals. Their coalition agreement was negotiated with the right-wing Swedish Democrats (SD), the second largest party after September’s general election. The SD were shut out of government but will provide the support Kristersson needs in parliament to see his policies through. Some of the early policies which have been anno...