Austria has very important help from Italy, whose prime minister is in Sweden at the moment, and this is because a last-minute announcement from the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, brings to our attention the fact that their discussions are they will also focus on the migration problem that affects the European Union so much in 2023 as well.
Austria lobbied in Italy to support some requests to the European Commission vis-à-vis the strengthening of border security, and the modification of the policy of granting asylum, two of the problems due to which the prevention of Romania's accession to Schengen was voted, dedicated proposals following the be discussed next week in a European summit dedicated to migration.
Austria managed to convince Sweden, Italy, France, Holland, to support its measures regarding the reduction of migration in Europe, something that few saw as possible in December, when it used its right of veto against Romania regarding the accession to Schengen, and what what Chancellor Nehammer wants in terms of migration policies, has a high chance of being adopted.
"There is a strong Swedish interest in better protection of the European border. We have this summit in a week, initiated by Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria, who have seen an extremely large number of refugees in a very short period of time.
One of the talking points today is how we can strengthen the EU's external border so that irregular migration, as it is known, simply cannot enter the EU and instead stop it at the border. There are many people without grounds for asylum trying to enter the EU, and Italy is aware of this."
