The French Presidency of the EU Council still hopes to conclude its step-by-step approach for the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ by the end of June and achieve both a breakthrough on the ‘Eurodac’ and ‘Migrant Screening’ regulations and a declaration of solidarity committing as many Member States as possible to carry out relocations in support of frontline countries, notably for people disembarked after rescue operations at sea.
This ambition was tested again on Friday at a...