Ambitious plans

AHEAD of Spain assuming leadership of the EU in July as part of its rotating leadership model, the country has been laying out its priorities while in the role.

Speaking on Wednesday, March 15, President Pedro Sánchez said that it plans to reform the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum during a summit with neighbouring Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa.

Sánchez described the issue as “particularly sensitive” in popular entry countries including Spain, Italy and Greece. The reforms to the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum are set to focus on making the system fairer, with migrants distributed between EU countries.

Spain will press for the EU to prevent the closure of internal borders as a way to control so ­ called “secondary movements” of immigrants on European soil. France currently