On Wednesday 9 October in Strasbourg, MEPs asked the Commission to explain what it has done over the last five years to strengthen the EU’s external borders, but they were divided on its record and on the new avenues envisaged, such as tripling the number of staff at the Frontex agency, as announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
During this debate, requested by the EPP on the eve of the meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg (see other news), Vice-President...