In her written answers to the European Parliament, Commissioner-designate Ylva Johansson echoes the words of Commission President Von der Leyen that the Commission intends to reassess and reconsider existing proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System. This way the Commission wants to break the deadlock. For members of the Renew Europe group this approach is the wrong one, given that it is likely to put at risk the carefully constructed parliamentary majority for the package, and could set a critical precedent for other files that are currently under interinstitutional negotiations.
Sophie in 't Veld MEP (D66, NL) Renew Europe's Coordinator in LIBE commented:
"The problem is not divergences between EP and Council, but within the Council. The inability of the Council to bridge their differences, and the refusal to decide with QMV as prescribed by the Treaties, will not be remedied by withdrawing the package. The CEAS package was put forward in 2016 with the same aim: to break the deadlock. It did not work. So no need to repeat the same exercise.
Parliament has done its legislative duty, voted all seven files in the package and negotiated five of these with the Council. Council, as the other legislator, has to take its responsibility and work on the basis of QMV and adopt the package. Citizens have been waiting for far too long."
Fabienne Keller MEP (Agir, FR), Renew Europe's rapporteur for the Dublin Regulation said:
"Since 2017, the European parliament stands ready with strong and concrete proposals to achieve the long-awaited reform of the Common European Asylum System. We expect the future Commission to work on this basis to unlock the blockages among the Member States. European citizens have expressed it at the polls, they want the EU to deliver on migration. Rather than reopening the files, we should work towards a conclusion."
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