Charles Michel: The future of the EU cannot depend on the US elections

The treatment of immigration must have various nuances and not be “black and white”, emphasized the outgoing president of the European Council, Charles Michel, during an interview he gave to the European news agencies of the European Newsroom, including APE- BE. A month before the end of his five-year term as president of the European Council, Charles Michel argues that we should not be afraid to look at more effective ways of managing immigration. It underlines the importance of putting a European framework on returns and advocates greater coordination, at EU level, on the safe third country concept. From the discussions at the most recent European Council, he said he found that there was a growing consensus for coordination in terms of “safe countries”, despite the fact that this was a decision left to national governments. With his ten years of experience in the European Councils (including being Prime Minister of Belgium for five years), Charles Michel describes the long […]
Source: News Beast

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