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Brussels/Strasbourg/Vienna – Austria’s Finance Minister Magnus Brunner (EPP) will probably be accountable for Migration and House Affairs within the new EU Fee. Fee President Ursula von der Leyen offered her record of the brand new crew members and their assigned portfolios in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The German mentioned in her press convention that she was satisfied Brunner would “grasp the assigned file of Migration excellently.” For all candidates, it was stipulated that they’d be Commissioners bearing political duty while not having a technical background: “Brunner has a authorized background and a very good background as a minister.”
Brunner himself mentioned based on the discharge: “It’s an honor for me to have been given the portfolio for inside safety and migration within the EU Fee by President Ursula Von der Leyen. This space is central to the long run and functioning of the European Union.” Austria has clearly positioned itself relating to inside safety in Europe and is efficiently combating irregular migration. “We face nice challenges forward, but additionally alternatives to strengthen Europe’s values and safety.”
Migration professional Gerald Knaus informed the “Vorarlberger Nachrichten” (on-line version from Tuesday) that Brunner is “just about the EU’s final likelihood.” Knaus: “If this Fee doesn’t achieve regulating Schengen and asylum, then Schengen is historical past.” The EU has pursued plans within the space of migration for ten years, which have had little or no impact. Subsequently, “it’s not unhealthy if somebody from the surface is available in, who has not been engaged on the subject for a very long time. He can objectively have a look at what has labored properly and why we’ve got failed with so many plans that sound good.” (09/17/2024)
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