EU interior ministers formally agreed Thursday on a proposal for a new border and coastguard force that could intervene in under-pressure countries like Greece to slow the influx of migrants.
The proposal must now go to the European Parliament for approval which officials said could come by June to allow the new force to be operational by the end of the summer.
Brussels also played down concerns that the new force would impact national sovereignty, saying individual countries would have to give their consent before it intervened.
"Today the council has reached an agreement on the European border and coast guard," EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a news conference after the ministers met in Luxembourg.
"If we keep up this pace I have confidence we will be able to finalise the legislative process by June"...
[AFP -NEWZ.GR]
21/4/16
The proposal must now go to the European Parliament for approval which officials said could come by June to allow the new force to be operational by the end of the summer.
Brussels also played down concerns that the new force would impact national sovereignty, saying individual countries would have to give their consent before it intervened.
"Today the council has reached an agreement on the European border and coast guard," EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a news conference after the ministers met in Luxembourg.
"If we keep up this pace I have confidence we will be able to finalise the legislative process by June"...
[AFP -NEWZ.GR]
21/4/16
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