During the Swedish presidency of the EU Council, in the first six months of 2023, there will be no pact on immigration.
This was predicted by the ambassador of Sweden's permanent representation to the EU, Lars Danielsson, in an interview with the Financial Times at the start of the semester.
Furthermore, on the Stockholm agenda for the EU, greater support for Ukraine and realism on the free market to balance those who seek to flood Europe with state aid.
The Swedish ambassador's statements "not only do they not represent a position taken against any specific member state, least of all against Italy
, but above all they cannot in any way be politically exploited at a national level".
Thus Minister
Raffaele Fitto
recalling that the migrant dossier "above all thanks to the action of President Meloni, is, for the first time, under the utmost and urgent attention" of the EU and the next Council.
The interview with the FT refers to "the structural reform of the asylum system", a "very complex" dossier with "very deeply felt and diverse" national interests.
A "structural and comprehensive reform of the European asylum system" precisely because it is "destined to go beyond the current rules, including Dublin, is a very complex dossier where the national interests of the individual Member States are strongly felt and different. Like all structural reforms at a European level, this too could take longer. It is a normal, almost physiological circumstance".
This was underlined in a note by the Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and the Pnrr Raffaele Fitto, commenting on the words Swedish Permanent Representative to the European Union Lars Danielsson.
"Italy intends to face the negotiations with a constructive attitude and will support the efforts of the Swedish presidency in this direction.
"It is not our interest nor our intention to accept a compromise at any cost or on the
contrary, unlike what has been done in the past, we will defend national interests without any setbacks or ambiguities".
This was stated by the Minister for European Affairs of the South, cohesion policies and the Pnrr Raffaele Fitto in a note.
No difficulties are expected with regard to support for Ulf Kristersson's centre-right executive by the far-right and Eurosceptic Swedish Democrats: "There are probably taboo topics for the Swedish Democrats - he said - But I receive instructions from the government".
In Brussels "I don't think people are very worried", he added, asking to look at the results of the Swedish presidency in one or two months.
According to Danielsson, the EU presidency will continue the legislative work for the new migration pact
: "We will certainly advance the work" he explained, "with full force".
But "you will not see a migration pact completed during the Swedish presidency," Danielsson said.
It will, he predicted, not before spring 2024.