The Slovenian EU Council Presidency’s proposal for a swift adoption of the regulation on the new database for asylum seekers, Eurodac, by removing the controversial elements and deleting references to other Pact texts (see EUROPE B12794A3), has received a mixed reception from Member States.
The southern countries of the EU, united under the acronym MED5, namely Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Malta, have therefore published a new common position calling for this tool not to be dissociated...