EU asylum and migration pact has passed despite far right and left’s objections
Long-awaited package of measures marks victory for Europe’s centre albeit with ‘doubts and concerns’ over implementationAlmost a decade in the making, the EU’s new migration and asylum pact suffered so many setbacks, stalemates and rewrites that when member states finally announced a deal last year, its passage through parliament seemed assured.That was, however, to ignore the objections of Europe’s resurgent far-right parties, who felt it was not tough enough (and, perhaps, hoped to profit at the ballot box from allowing the current chaos around migration to continue). Continue reading...
Long-awaited package of measures marks victory for Europe’s centre albeit with ‘doubts and concerns’ over implementation
Almost a decade in the making, the EU’s new migration and asylum pact suffered so many setbacks, stalemates and rewrites that when member states finally announced a deal last year, its passage through parliament seemed assured.
That was, however, to ignore the objections of Europe’s resurgent far-right parties, who felt it was not tough enough (and, perhaps, hoped to profit at the ballot box from allowing the current chaos around migration to continue). Continue reading...