By Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan | [email protected]
MIGRATION CLASH TODAY: The European Parliament is set to undermine the Council’s recent round of self-congratulation after tripling the budget of its border patrol operation Triton in response to the Mediterranean refugee crisis.
WHO’S LEADING THE CHARGE? Dutch MEP and Liberal faction Vice-President Sophie in´t Veld is at the front saying: “By doing nothing, government leaders are just waiting for the next disaster in the Mediterranean to happen.” Maltese Socialist MEP Roberta Metsola is also promising a longer-term report that “goes much further” than the Council http://bit.ly/1JzyvWe
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Source: European Voice
