German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser sees a "historic momentum" for the EU's refugee policy. Greens consider asylum centres to be "hatftanstalten for refugees" The idea of fast-track procedures had already failed in the Greek refugee camp Moria.

The EU knows that progress on asylum is necessary, and that the populists could benefit greatly in the European elections in 2024, says Berlin's EPP leader Manfred Weber, who is not optimistic about the breakthrough in asylum policy.