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🇫🇷President Macron holds a press conference that was long delayed because of a migration discussion prolonged by the theatrics of some national leaders. He says it was a "bad debate" but the 🇪🇺migration pact is having a "good outcome".

"My view is that when we politicise this debate, we divide; and when we divide and fall back on national solutions, we become ineffective," says Macron. He points out that illegal crossings into the EU have fallen (by 37%) in 2026, and returns have increased (by 10%).

🇮🇹Meloni & 🇩🇰Frederiksen used the migration debate to call for EU conclusions condemning 🇪🇸PM Sanchez (though not by name) for Spain's regularisation program for illegal migrants who are working (mostly from Latin America). Their demand for condemnation was eventually rejected after a heated debate.