The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee discussed, on Monday 26 November, the draft report by Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola (EPP) on the new mandate of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (ex-Frontex).
Most of the shadow rapporteurs pointed out the unrealistic nature of the Commission's proposal made on 12 September that the agency should have a staff of 10,000 by the end of 2020, compared to the current 1,500 (see EUROPE 12094). Mrs Metsola, the rapporteur, has set about...