The Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU will try to bring Poland and Hungary closer to the new European consensus on migration policy, but it does not rule out moving forward with the agreement by qualified majority; that is, with the possible opposition of Poland and Hungary, who already voted against the two measures agreed upon in June under the Swedish presidency. “There are important parts of the migration and asylum package that have been decided as the treaty says to do, with a qualified majority vote,” said the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, asked if he would be willing to approve the last pending part. although there is no unanimity. Qualified majority implies having the support of at least 15 of the 27 Member States, provided they represent at least 65% of the EU population. His goal, however, is an agreement in which all countries feel “comfortable and represented.”
Sánchez stressed that for Spain it would be “important and even symbolic” to move forward with this agreement, as a country of first entry for irregular migration as it is the southern border of the EU. But right now the western Mediterranean route is precisely the one with the lowest record of migratory flows. “And that also values ??the immigration policy that we have made,” defended the Spanish president. A migration policy in which he defended the balance between the control and security of European borders and collaboration and cooperation with the countries of origin and transit of migration, which he proposed to serve as “inspiration” for the entire European Union .
