On Friday 22 June, 16 member states announced that they would be participating in an informal preparatory mini-summit organised by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, in an effort to examine the EU's response to the migration challenge(see EUROPE 12045).
The Benelux countries have joined the initial group of participants (Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Greece and Malta). Denmark, Croatia, Finland, Slovenia and Sweden should also be added to these...