Negotiations on EU-wide asylum and migration reforms have hit a snag, following a long-simmering dispute between the European Parliament and the EU Council, representing member states.
On Wednesday (20 September), the parliament announced it partly suspended talks in order to pile pressure on the council and the Spanish EU presidency.
The parliament is upset because the council has yet to reach an internal agreement on a bill, known as the crisis regulation, that determines how to...
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