Source: Government of Italy (English)
In the margins of the European Council, the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, together with the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and the Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, held another informal meeting this morning with some of the Member States that have the most interest in innovative solutions regarding migration management.
In addition to Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and the European Commission, the meeting was also attended by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Poland and Sweden.
European Commission President von der Leyen outlined the main areas of work, focusing in particular on the need to further speed up negotiations on the Returns Regulation and the EU list of Safe Countries of Origin.
In addition to confirming Italy’s commitment to innovative solutions, President Meloni provided an update both on the ongoing work regarding the ability of international conventions to address the challenges of irregular migration, and on planned upcoming initiatives. Officials will meet in Rome on 5 November to continue this joint work.
The leaders present agreed to continue maintaining close coordination, not only at EU and Council of Europe level but also – more in general – in the various international contexts, in order to more effectively promote Europe’s approach to an orderly management of migration flows.