In the EU, an "important" and "not small" step was taken yesterday, "for a common solidarity solution" on migrants. This was stated by the spokesman for the German chancellor, Steffen Hebestreit, responding to Berlin on the agreement reached which provides for harsher treatment for those who arrive in Europe without the right to stay there.
"There have also been bitter morsels to swallow," he added, but the hope is that in the trialogue between Parliament, the Council and the Commission the agreement "can improve"