Parliament and 5 rotating Council Presidencies decide to work collectively to undertake the reform of the EU migration and asylum guidelines earlier than the 2024 EU elections.

On Wednesday, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Asylum Contact Group Chair Elena Yoncheva and the Everlasting Representatives of Czechia, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and France signed an settlement relating to the conduct of negotiations between the co-legislators with a view to reforming EU migration and asylum guidelines by February 2024.

They adopted the next joint assertion:

“That is undoubtedly a historic second. After a few months of exchanges on the Roadmap, the European Parliament and the upcoming Council Presidencies are committing themselves to make all efforts to finalise the reform of the Asylum and Migration legislative framework earlier than the tip of the present political cycle.

The Widespread European Asylum System and the New European Pact on migration and asylum signify a high precedence within the work of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union and each side ought to make the mandatory efforts and work collectively as carefully as doable, in a spirit of honest cooperation, in direction of the adoption of the legislative proposals earlier than the tip of the 2019-2024 legislative interval.

To realize the widespread dedication to conclude the reform throughout the present legislative cycle, the negotiations on the respective information must be concluded by February 2024. This is able to require that the negotiations between the co-legislators ought to begin on the newest by the tip of 2022. The efficient implementation of the timetable agreed will likely be topic to follow-up conferences between the Members of the Asylum Contact Group and rotating Council Presidencies.

We consider that by combining our efforts the Union could make actual progress and ship earlier than the tip of the present legislature. We must always have the ability to ship a brand new legislative framework on certainly one of our most difficult coverage areas, which is one during which solely a standard EU reply can present a sustainable system. This roadmap is a transparent signal of our dedication that we are going to conclude the work.”

Background

The European Fee proposed the New Pact on Migration and Asylum in September 2020 to be able to enhance the procedures and attain an settlement to share duty pretty amongst member states and act in solidarity when coping with migration flows.

The agreed roadmap contains the next legislative proposals: Regulation for Asylum and Migration Administration – rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), Regulation for Disaster and Power majeure – rapporteur Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Screening Regulation – rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE), Qualification Regulation – rapporteur Matjaž NEMEC (S&D, SI), Reception Circumstances Directive (recast) – rapporteur Sophia IN ‘T VELD (Renew, NL), Amended Asylum Procedures regulation – rapporteur Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), Return Directive (recast) – rapporteur Tineke STRIK (Greens, NL), Amended EURODAC Regulation – rapporteur Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA (ECR, ES), Union Resettlement Framework Regulation – rapporteur Malin BJÖRK (The Left, SE).