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In Germany, the political agreement on migrants concluded on July 2 to resolve a serious government crisis triggers a series of reactions from European governments hostile to immigration.
After several weeks of crises, Angela Merkel and her Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer found a compromise Monday, July 2 in the evening. The agreement they have made provides for stricter restrictions on the entry of migrants into German territory. One of the points in this agreement is, in particular, to send asylum seekers back to Austria who can not be repatriated to their country of entry into the EU, because of a lack of bilateral agreement with Germany. 19659003] Read: Migration Agreement: Germany emerging from a government crisis
Austria, first concerned
It is precisely this point that made the Austrian Government react on Tuesday, 3 July, and its Chancellor Sebastian Kurz who leads a coalition of conservatoires and far right. Since the European Parliament, the young Austrian leader (31 years), who has led the European Union for six months since Sunday, said "ready to take measures to protect its borders" in particular those with Italy and Slovenia. He then added that his country "is certainly not ready to conclude agreements to his detriment" .
As for his Minister of the Interior, Herbert Kickl, he made implicit reference to Germany's generous migration policy of 2015-2016: "Austria can not yet bear the brunt of the legacy of a failed reception culture, which is linked to certain names in Europe.
If Germany and Austria take measures to force migrants back to their borders, Italy would be the first country concerned. The Austrian declarations reacted in their turn to the Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini: "If Austria wants to make controls, she has every right to do so. We will do the same thing.
Czech and Hungarian reactions first
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis congratulated his side for the firmness of the agreement reached by Angela Merkel and her Minister of Foreign Affairs inside. On Twitter, he said he hoped "that Italy and Greece will understand and close their borders" .
With these words, the Czech prime minister joins the position of his counterpart Hungarian, Viktor Orban, who said: "The Hungarian position has not changed since 2015 and it is also the EU's position since the Brussels summit: protection of the EU's external borders and reception centers outside the EU. He also indicated that he wanted to talk on the phone with Sebastian Kurz as soon as possible.
To read: Reception centers at the gates of Europe
domino effect will naturally occur "
For Patrick Martin-Genier, a specialist in European affairs, the German political agreement seems to be " wobbly balance ". The bilateral agreements to which Angela Merkel refers have not been signed by the 28 countries of the Union, and Hungary denies having signed it. "The domino effect will naturally occur" considers the researcher, author of Does Europe Have a Future? (Ed. Studyrama, 2017, 472 p., 12 €).
The removal of migrants to Austria in case of absence of bilateral agreement, he continues, is a "non-compliance with the Dublin Regulation" delegating responsibility for the examination of a refugee's asylum application to the first country that has accepted him
In an attempt to ease the tensions triggered by this agreement concluded without consulting the Austrians, the German Minister of the Interior at the origin of the government crisis, Horst Seehofer, visited Sebastian Kurz on Thursday, July 5.
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