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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11479

30 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Emergency plan of European Parliament Liberals to tackle migration crisis

Brussels, 29/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 29 January, the Liberal group at the European Parliament unveiled a Community action plan to tackle the refugee crisis which, according to Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE, Belgium), “is starting to get beyond our control”.

Exceptional situations require exceptional measures. The Liberals suggest that the European Council of 18 and 19 February activate an article of the Treaty on the functioning of the EU (78.3), which authorises the Council of the...

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