On Tuesday 20 December, EU Member States agreed on several mandates to negotiate with the European Parliament on parts of the ‘resettlement’ regulation as well as on the qualification and reception conditions for asylum seekers directives that have not yet been agreed.
While the co-legislators last week approved - albeit still provisionally - agreements reached in 2018, on Wednesday it was a question of giving the Czech Presidency of the EU Council - and soon the Swedish Presidency -...