German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer was quite openly optimistic about the fate of the ‘Asylum and Migration Package’ and its provisions for sea rescue after a first informal discussion with his EU counterparts on 7 July, saying he had “the impression that progress can be made in the understanding between the Member States”.
The Ministers and representatives of Ministers of the Interior had on the agenda of their videoconference the problem of sea rescues, to date mainly...