“ The European Union wants to create ghettos immigrantsforce Hungary It will accept tens of thousands of immigrants every year, but the government will fight against this ugly coup procedure,” the Hungarian prime minister complained. Viktor Orbanon the eve of the Council of Europe held in Brussels this Thursday and Friday delivery mechanism It was adopted by EU interior ministers in early June. Its Polish counterpart is not Orban, Mateusz MorawieckiThey accept the deal that will force them to pay. 20.000 Euros per person not takenbut to reverse the deal and european leaders decisions by consensus resulted in failure.
EU Treaty, decisions on immigration policy qualified majority. Warsaw and Budapest, as a result of the migration crisis three years ago, clung to some of the political decisions of Heads of State and Government in 2018 to hand over migration policy decisions to the Council of Europe, an example of which was unanimously decided. The rest of the European leaders restrained themselves and declared that the deal was done, despite complaints and pressure from Orbán and Morawiecki, who “missed” the discussion for five hours and forced the first day of the European summit to be extended until Friday morning. .
Even the Italian Giorgia Meloni, who comes from the same political family as Morawiecki and is the president of the Council of Europe, Charles-Michel, commissioned him to act as mediator, succeeding in appeasing the refusal of Warsaw and Budapest, which reflected in the final veto of both countries, to the conclusions on immigration that Michel finally presented as his own conclusions, ratified by only 25. “We have taken a new and important step confirming the agreement reached by a qualified majority,” said the Belgian liberal from 27 Member States, at the end of a meeting where immigration was once again the most sensitive and divisive issue.
Presidency of Spain
“It’s a very solid foundation to continue working on,” said the Swedish Prime Minister. ulf kristerssonas he bids farewell as the current president of the EU. “Now, after all these trials, the fact that we have come this far for the first time should be a reason why we should not stop trying to finish it,” said the German Chancellor. Olaf Schölz, on the need to speed up negotiations that should be led by the Spanish presidency of the EU to try to reach a political agreement this year. “We count on the Spanish presidency for a successful closure,” said Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.
As acknowledged by the Spanish president, this is a very “sensitive” file. Pedro Sanchezadvocating once again a balanced agreement between “responsibility and solidarity” and criticizing the “blindness” of “some” countries. While she was unable to persuade either Orbán or Morawiecki, whom she had met behind closed doors this Friday, the situation in both countries did not disappoint Meloni. “The defenders of their national interests have never let me down,” he said as he left the Council of Europe.
Diplomatic sources admit that the “more ideological” position in this debate between the two countries is Poland, which insists that decisions in this area be taken unanimously. Other sources point out that “reopening” the deal, which was closed by the Interior Ministers on 8 June, is not possible in any case. Moreover, they recall that it was the European leaders themselves who mandated the Council last February to try to close a deal before the legislative term ends in June 2024.
partnership agreements
What twenty-seven people agree on is the need for formalization. partnership agreements with southern neighboring countries, such as the country where the European Commission is negotiating with Tunisia. As a way to influence the region economically, as well as strengthen border management, search and rescue operations and the fight against the mafia, and legally attract immigration, the German Chancellor said, because “we need workers with different capacities”. Olaf Schölz.
The 12,000 million new item proposed by the European Commission for immigration within the scope of the review of the European budget framework for the period 2024-2027, although not discussed at this summit, creates more divisions. It’s a “good starting point” for countries like Italy because we “need money” to solve the immigration problem, not only to strengthen borders, but also to cooperate with countries like Tunisia. Others, such as Hungary, flatly refuse to increase the budget for immigration, which, according to Orban, would mean supporting the arrival of irregular migrants and freezing some items.