On Tuesday 12 September in Strasbourg, MEPs were sharply divided over the agreement sealed in July between the EU and Tunisia, which is intended to help Tunisia prevent migrants from leaving for the EU.
While some MEPs, particularly on the right, supported the objectives of this agreement and even regretted that it was not implemented more quickly, another fairly large group of MEPs denounced it, with the Dutch MEP Sophie in’ t Veld (Renew Europe) even speaking of a “betrayal of...