A Franco-German proposal on migration policy, which would see countries share the resettlement load has met with muted success. Alongside France & Germany Croatia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Portugal have signed up for the pact, while another six have agreed in principle. This leaves 13 who have snubbed the deal or who are still undecided, with Italy being the most outspoken snubbing the deal entirely.
The six who have agreed in principle have not been named but we are pretty sure that Hungary and Poland won’t be among them given their hard-line stance on the issue. To be fair Italy has borne the brunt with its close proximity to Lybia, however refusing to even discuss the matter is a worrying turn of events if not surprising given their recent political step to the right.
Migrants arriving at Lampedusa, a stop-off point on the way to Mainland Italy
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However, this rhetoric could change very quickly as French President Macron said he would be against releasing EU funds to those nations that refused to join in stating:
“Europe can’t be à la carte when it comes down to solidarity. We can’t have states which say ‘We don’t want any of your Europe when it’s about sharing the burden but we do when it’s about structural funds’.
Given the UK who have so far resettled the fourth largest amount of migrants is about to leave the EU there looks like being some interesting times ahead.
