Media mentions – Migration
I do not think that Schengen is fatally threatened, but rather that there are certain limitations
The EU is trapped in a vicious cycle of bad migration policy, and migration is very much Europe’s albatross
The impression is that for the EU there is no alternative to Saied and I expect the so-called business as usual between Brussels and Tunis to continue
Berlin is more concerned with the perception of the policy, rather than its successful implementation. It creates the impression of separation from unreliable neighbours
Karolina Wigura on the German government’s decision to reimpose checks at its borders
When the argument that we must “be pragmatic” is the first to be put on the table, principles – memory, responsibility, care for vulnerable people, you name it – have already been suspended
Lea Ypi on British interest in the migrant pact struck between Italy and Albania
As the EU gradually ceases to deliver the promise of a better future, this decision by Olaf Scholz’s government is a bitter reminder of our past, and our past illusions
Karolina Wigura on the closing of German borders and the effects for Poland