ČT24 | The European Parliament approved new migration rules
The package consists of ten legislative proposals. Its support was by no means certain, with the fractions counting every vote. What demands does this comprehensive package place on the Member States? And does the package contain mandatory quotas, as the Czech opposition claims? Viktor Daněk, deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, commented on the approval process of the new legislative package for ČT24.
12. April 2024
"As expected it was not an easy vote. I talked about it some time ago with diplomats of member states and they said that nervousness was pervasive. Because of the fact that we are very close to the European elections. Many MEPs may have ended up swinging to one side or the other in order to meet the electorate and not entirely according to what the migration pact actually contains. There was some nervousness that the pact could be used as an election campaign issue."
You can watch the full interview from 13:23 here.
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