EU member states fail to agree on binding refugee quotas as German Interior Minister suggests cutting EU funding to those countries not doing enoughDuring a bad-tempered six hour meeting yesterday, EU Interior Ministers failed to reach an agreement on the European Commission’s proposal for mandatory binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees around the EU following staunch opposition from several countries including the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The Financial Times reports that countries in support of the proposals will try to force them through by a qualified majority vote at the next meeting in October. Appearing on German broadcaster ZDF …read more
Source: Open Europe
