The European Union is presenting its member states with an ultimatum: “Get on board with our globalist migration program or suffer the consequences.” But not every nation in the bloc is taking the threat lying down.
As Euro News reports, EU member states that neglect to enforce the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, which received narrow approval from the European Parliament on Wednesday, may be subject to punitive measures.
Ylva Johansson, the Swedish politician who has served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Sweden’s European Commissioner in the von der Leyen Commission since December 2019, made clear: “All member states have to implement it and apply it.”
Johansson, who spearheaded the migration policy, added: “If not, the Commission will of course act and use — if necessary — infringement (procedures). But I must say that I’m pretty convinced that member states will implement the Pact now quite quickly.”
The New Pact comprises five interconnected legislative components designed to create uniform and foreseeable regulations for handling the reception and relocation of asylum seekers. The objective is to depart from a decade of uncoordinated and disorderly responses.
In 2023, the EU processed 1.14 million requests for international protection, marking a seven-year peak, and recorded 380,000 unauthorized border crossings, with half occurring via the Central Mediterranean.
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