Since 1999 and the Amsterdam Treaty, European asylum and migration policies are supposed to be “common”. This means that, in principle, Member States no longer have full national sovereignty over these matters except for entry controls and the issuing of residence permits.
But for almost twenty years now, there have
While there are humanitarian programs based on the national law of Member States, the European Union does not have a legal framework specific to the issue of humanitarian visas, even though the Community Code on Visas and the Schengen Borders Code allow to issue a limited territorial visa “for humanitarian
The final step of the infringement procedure initiated by the Commission: the referral to the Court of Justice:
The Commission has followed to the letter the provisions of article 258 TFEU on referral to the Court in the event of a Member State’s failure to comply with EU legislation. In
The directive 2014/36/EU referred to by the Commission[1] sets out the conditions which Member States must comply with when deciding to open access to their labour markets to third-country nationals as seasonal workers for a short period.
The maximum deadline for the complete transposition of the directive was 30 September
On 1 July 2018, the rotating Presidency of the Council of the Union was entrusted to Austria. This is the third time that this country has fulfilled this function and this time its slogan is simple: “A Europe that protects. This will be the last full Presidency before the European
Brussels, 11 June 2018
Based on a dense report by Paolo Coelho, on 30 May 2018, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the functioning of the Schengen area, by 439 votes in favour, 157 votes against and 80 abstentions. Referring regularly to the objectives published by the European Commission,
Brussels, 2 June 2018
In its resolution on the Schengen area of 30 May 2018, the European Parliament (EP) reaffirmed its support for the “immediate accession” of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area, and that of Croatia as soon as this country meets the accession criteria.
In addition to
Brussels, 30 May 2018
Since 2015, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has been collecting information on the situation of migrants in 14 states of the European Union[1]. From one month to the next, the tone hardly evolves towards optimism!
Under the generic heading “tensions at borders and
22 February 2018 – According to the first statistical publications of the year, 2017 would have registered a 60% decrease in irregular crossings of the EU external borders (FRONTEX) and 43% fewer asylum applications (EASO). There is no doubt that the European institutions will not fail to consider these results
20 February 2018 – On the occasion of a visit by the Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos to Tirana on 11 and 12 February, a draft status agreement for operational cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) and Albania, represented by its Minister
