Brussels, my love? The new migration pact has few fans
On this version, we break down the nail-biting vote on the EU migration pact, hear how press freedom in Slovakia is beneath menace and ask how Ursula von der Leyen is dealing with the so-called Piepergate scandal.
This week, we’re joined by Jan-Christoph Oetjen, German MEP from Renew Europe, Damien Boeselager, German MEP from Volt and Laura Shields from Crimson Thread EU.
Our panel broke down the EU migration and asylum pact that acquired the inexperienced gentle from MEPs this week in Brussels. EU member states now must rubber-stamp the deal – probably by the top of this month.
The massive stack of EU laws has been beneath dialogue for years. It seeks to change a establishment beneath which nations like Italy, Greece and Malta face the huge burden of processing and integrating refugees and asylum seekers.
“I feel this isn’t a step ahead, however it’s a step again” that will not assist migrants or nations, mentioned Damien Boeselager. “There is no precise solidarity with regards to serving to one another because the European Union. We now have to essentially get up and grow to be immigration societies in a approach that’s extra optimistic and never let ourselves be pushed by the far proper.”
Jan-Christoph Oetjen has been engaged on migration for 15 years and says it’s the most intricate file he has ever labored on.
“I finished speaking about migration on social media”, he advised the panel as a result of poisonous reactions to something optimistic he wrote about discovering a pan European answer.
Watch “Brussels, my love?” within the participant above.