On Thursday 14 June, Parliament negotiators announced they had reached a political agreement on the main points of reform for the directive on the conditions for hosting asylum seekers in the EU, one of the seven texts of the “asylum package”. This announcement was not confirmed by the Council of the EU. One source indicates that the provisional agreement should be put to the test of member states first, possibly on 20 June.
According to the negotiator, Sophie in’t Velt (ALDE, NL),...