EU leaders: “This is an unprecedented situation but we are united in our response. We will stand strong and uphold the EU’s core values of promoting peace and the well-being of its peoples. The Union of 27 Member States will continue.”
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Greece and the institutions must stick to the agreement reached last July and the country’s program review must conclude as soon as possible, the head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said yesterday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Strasbourg.
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The UK and the other EU countries would be better off staying together, Martin Schulz told heads of state and government at the start of a European Council on 18-19 February dedicated to migration and the UK’s demands of a reform of its EU membership.
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Martin Schulz called for a comprehensive and long-term migration policy in cooperation with African countries in order to tackle the refugee crisis. The EP President made the plea yesterday [Nov 10] at the Maltese Parliament ahead of the Valletta summit on migration taking place today and tomorrow. Schulz said: “As long as war continues, people will continue to flee and won’t be able to return home.”
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EP President Martin Schulz travelled yesterday [Nov-5] to the Greek island of Lesvos in order to visit a refugee registration and identification centre where almost 2,500 people are recorded on a daily basis. Speaking at the so-called hotspot at Moria, he said: “We must urgently reinforce efforts to complete hotspots. To be effective, however, all member states must take part in the relocation.”
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