EU finally agrees on new asylum rules after almost a decade of negotiations. But there are doubts among the Greens and the SPD - and Viktor Orbán misses the mark.
“Europe gets binding rules with humanity and order. Mandatory solidarity is a milestone,” said Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock minutes after the European Parliament’s vote. Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann also praised the agreement. But prominent Green asylum politician Erik Marquardt expressed himself completely differently. He expects a “big patchwork quilt quilt” to be created, but that also gives scope for implementation.. It took around eight years. Now the EU has (almost) reached an agreement on the issue of asylum. But many areas are not affected at all, not at all by all the new rules. Many conservatives are “that basic-wing right-wing populists. Their assumption is that the law is worse than before, but it has not been abolished, but there is just more work to be done”.