At the time of going to press on Monday 18 December, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council had resumed their discussions on the Regulations of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and were due to continue until Tuesday 19 to reach an agreement.
The co-legislators left on 7 December without making any major progress on the most sensitive points, in particular with regard to the Regulation on ‘screening’ at external borders, the location of...