On Tuesday 28 March, Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets, in adopting the guidelines for the EU’s 2024 budget, opposed the use of any EU funding for the construction of fences or walls at the Union’s external borders. Furthermore, they expect the European Commission to continue to refuse any such funding, now and in the future.
The opposition to the controversial EU funding of walls stems from an ‘alternative’ compromise amendment, proposed by the Renew...