2023-12-18 00:46:51
Negotiations at EU level on a reform of the common asylum system will enter another, potentially decisive round on Monday. The talks between negotiators from the European Parliament and EU states could last late into the night on Tuesday. It is still unclear whether there will be a compromise in the end.
Among others, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser recently emphasized how important a quick agreement is. It’s about a “final political agreement,” Faeser told the “Frankfurter Rundschau” (Monday edition) and was “confident that we will succeed.” Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) recently warned in the National Council against a weakening of the package that the EU interior ministers had agreed on this year.
The planned asylum reform is intended, among other things, to limit irregular migration. For example, if there is a particularly strong increase in migration, the period during which people can be held in prison-like conditions should be extended. There are concerns about these plans in the European Parliament.
Time is of the essence: projects that have not been negotiated with the governments of the member states by the European elections in June 2024 could then be called into question again and be delayed for a long time. In the case of the planned reform of the asylum system, this would be a particularly big setback. The project has been in the works for years.
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