Crunch talks seek breakthrough on EU asylum overhaul

The EU is hoping for a political breakthrough on asylum reform during morning-to-midnight closed-door marathon negotiations on Thursday (7 December).

The Spanish EU presidency and the European Commission have both said that the positions of the European Parliament and the Council, representing member states, are close.

But in reality, core differences abound amid possible concessions from MEPs as political pressure mounts to reach an agreement on the outstanding five files that ma...