The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, confirmed to the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE), on Monday 7 February, the French Presidency of the EU Council’s intention to reach a first concrete agreement, as early as 3 March at the formal Council of EU Interior Ministers, on the ‘responsibility’ and ‘solidarity’ aspects of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, namely on elements of the screening of migrants at external borders, on...