With the member states still failing to agree on the reform of the 'Asylum' package proposed by the European Commission in May 2016, the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Wednesday 12 September announced new initiatives to get the member states behind the proposals on asylum, for instance by reinforcing the external borders of the EU.
The initiative on the European borders, which was announced several months ago, consists of stepping up the mandate of the European border...