On Thursday 28 January, the interior ministers of the EU Member States held another informal discussion by videoconference on the ‘Pact on Asylum and Migration’, which showed “the willingness of the Member States to move forward”, said Commissioner Ylva Johansson, despite the format of the meeting. Ministers have not had a single physical meeting on this Pact, she noted, and while the differences in positions between Member States on the subject are well known, she conceded that...