France and Italy reach preliminary agreement on immigration into the EU

EU: European divisions on immigration policy have undermined bloc unity ( Yves Herman / Reuters)

Brussels – A France and Italy reached a preliminary agreement Thursday on a proposal for immigration that would lead to treatment centers in the countries from the EU, even if the agreement does not have the support of other EU countries The French authorities announced the initial agreement after pbadionate talks on the EU. immigration at the summit of the EU in Brussels. An Italian government source said Rome would agree to the immigration centers only if all the countries in the region were in Malta, Spain and the Netherlands, which have First stated to be in favor, later rejected the proposal, according to three diplomats

agree and whether these centers were established in several of the bloc members. Under the preliminary agreement, the "controlled centers" would process the asylum applications of immigrants .

A few minutes after the French diplomats an Italian government source said that Italy would still block a general agreement on immigration if it did not include a reform of asylum rules. the EU, known as the Dublin Regulation, a sharing of responsibilities and costs

The complicated discussion revealed major divisions between the European Union's countries with regard to immigration , Italy's new euro-skeptical government threatening to veto agreements on other issues discussed by European leaders. progress on immigration was made Thursday.

European divisions on immigration policy undermined the unity of the EU, threatened their borderless space and plunged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition into turmoil.