MEPs were unable to support Juan Fernando López Aguilar’s (S&D, Spain) request to call on the European Commission to legislate on humanitarian visas on Wednesday 14 November. They rejected this request by not giving the rapporteur the required absolute majority with 349 votes against 199 and 47 abstentions. They needed at least 375 votes in favour to pass this request.
The Spanish MEP attacked his colleagues by accusing some of them of withdrawing at the last minute in order not to...