On Thursday 7 December, at the point of going to press, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union were continuing their discussions on the various texts of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, namely the Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management (RAMM), Asylum Procedures (APR), Eurodac and Screening(see EUROPE B13306A2).
However, progress on both sides was still considered to be very limited late on Thursday. The day’s...