Agreement was reached on two main areas of asylum reform and immigration The EU, today at the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Interior of the EU in Luxembourg.

After long and difficult negotiations, the Swedish Presidency of the EU recently announced: “Ministers have just agreed on a common approach to the Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management and the Regulation on the Asylum Procedure. These dossiers are the two main pillars of the EU asylum reform and are the key to a good balance between responsibility and solidarity. The hard work of many presidencies has contributed to the result we have achieved today.”

It is noted that on the basis of the agreement reached, for the first time, a mandatory solidarity mechanism is being created, which was traditionally requested by the participating states of the first reception, such as Greece.

The immigration issue is also on the agenda again 27 the number of arrivals in the EU has increased, after a break due to the pandemic. A trend towards an increasingly restrictive approach as the far right has recently made electoral gains across the EU.

The European Commission presented in September 2020 its proposal for Migration Pact and Asylumwhich includes a package of measures to try to restart the reform stalled after the migration crisis of 2015-2016 and the failure of quotas for asylum seekers.

Meloni-Solz meeting today in Rome in the shadow of immigration pressure

Earlier today, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose main agenda item was immigration.

Then, addressing reporters, Meloni stressed: “Germany knows that without Italy and countries with EU maritime borders, it is difficult to get a more effective migration policy than the current one. If we do not solve the issue of protecting external borders and combating human trafficking, it will be very difficult to cope with these challenges.”

The Prime Minister of Italy expressed the hope that “the member countries of the Union will be able to reach a compromise and meet each other halfway regarding the revision of the Dublin Agreement.”

At the same time, he said that next Sunday he would again travel to Tunisia with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a series of meetings.

Georgia Meloni, speaking about the Stability Pact, stressed that “new rules are needed that take into account the issue of competitiveness.” “We are of the opinion that the reform of the Pact should take into account the issue of growth, flexibility and support for European investment,” said the head of the Italian government.