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Brussels/Berlin (German news agency) – EPP boss Manfred Weber (CSU) called on the member states to agree on a common position at the meeting of EU interior ministers this Thursday in order to start negotiations on reformed Dublin rules and asylum procedures to be able to. If they don’t do this, “it would be a breach of duty” towards their own citizens, Weber told the “Rheinische Post” (Wednesday edition).
The traffic light federal government must work towards a solution to the problems as quickly as possible, “but in reality the opposite is happening,” criticized the CSU politician. Regarding the demand by the Greens and Social Democrats to exempt minors between the ages of 12 and 17 from the planned border procedures, Weber explained: “Smugglers are encouraged to target families and younger people because they have a de facto guarantee of being able to stay in Europe .” This means that young people are “not protected, but increasingly endangered”. The traffic light must finally start with a unified position on European policy issues.