European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s pitch for the mandatory relocation of asylum-seekers continues to face fierce resistance from EU countries, but a consensus is forming on a military operation to crack down on smugglers.
“If everything goes well, we could launch the operation on June 22 at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg,” says an EU diplomatic source involved in the talks.
Another diplomatic source from one of the Eastern European countries resisting the refugee relocation confirms the desire to move forward with military action to interdict smugglers. “There is a strong pessimism on the rest of the [Migration] Agenda,” the source …read more
Source: European Voice
