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At the EU summit, the 27 member states failed to reach a consensus on European asylum policy due to a blockade by Hungary and Poland. Several EU diplomats confirmed this to the DPA news agency in Brussels on Friday afternoon.
There will be no joint statement on migration, but a paper by EU Council President Charles Michel. A spokesman for Michels announced the end of the summit on Twitter.
Poland and Hungary had blocked prepared texts on asylum policy. They reject a compromise agreed without their consent by a majority of EU interior ministers in early June. Upcoming negotiations with the European Parliament in the ongoing legislative process can still begin. Nevertheless, the two countries’ blockade has great symbolic power and could jeopardize other EU projects.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to block EU funds for the supply of weapons and equipment to Ukraine’s armed forces. He described the Brussels negotiations on state radio as a “migration war” in the boardroom. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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