The President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said, on Tuesday 13 June in Strasbourg, that he hoped the interinstitutional negotiations between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on the Pact on Migration and Asylum would make rapid progress, noting the “many concessions” that were necessary for the Member States to reach a political agreement (see EUROPE B13197A1).
“For the Pact to work, it is imperative to maintain the balance between solidarity and the...