On the subject of migration, the speech by the President of the Commission laid emphasis on the closeness of a global agreement on the pact previously referred to and the necessary fight against people smugglers, the perpetrators of a ‘callous and criminal business’. It seems apposite to point out that the only reason there are people smugglersin the first place is that so many thousands of peoplewant to be smuggled.
The most surprising part was the self-congratulation over the...