On Monday 17 July, Birgit Sippel (S&D, German), the rapporteur on the regulation on the ‘screening’ of migrants gave the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties a rather mixed assessment of the three negotiating sessions with the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council (18 April, 25 May and 28 June), while a further meeting will be held with the Spanish Presidency in September.
The regulation imposes security, health and identity checks on anyone arriving at the EU’s...