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Malta Business Review<br />
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / ASYLUM / MIGRATION<br />
MEPs deplore lack of<br />
concrete deals at the<br />
EU summit<br />
Outcome of the EU summit©EU 2018 – EP: European Council President, Donald Tusk and Commission President,<br />
Jean-Claude Juncker, a majority of speakers criticised the heads of state or government for not being able to reach<br />
substantial agreements on how to deal with migration and asylum flows.<br />
The results of the last EU<br />
summit are unsatisfactory for<br />
most MEPs, who regret the<br />
lack of progress on asylum<br />
reform and on deepening the<br />
economic and monetary union.<br />
In a plenary debate with European Council<br />
President, Donald Tusk and Commission<br />
President, Jean-Claude Juncker, a majority<br />
of speakers criticised the heads of state or<br />
government for not being able to reach<br />
substantial agreements on how to deal with<br />
migration and asylum flows. They voiced<br />
concern that little will change on the ground<br />
and that people will continue dying in the<br />
Mediterranean.<br />
Opening the discussion, President Tajani<br />
reiterated that the Parliament has been<br />
waiting for a long time to start negotiations<br />
on the reform of the Dublin Regulation and<br />
called on the Council to adopt its position<br />
withqualified majority. Tajani stressed that the<br />
EP proposal is an “excellent starting point”, as<br />
it is balanced and broadly supported in the<br />
Chamber.<br />
There is also frustration among MEPs given<br />
that, almost ten years after the financial crisis,<br />
EU leaders have not been able to put in place<br />
the necessary safeguards to avoid further<br />
economic meltdown. <strong>MBR</strong><br />
Credit: Estefania Narrillos, Press Officer<br />
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