But joint pressure from states like Germany, Italy and France could mean a move in this direction. Because something very fundamental is on the line:….

It is ridiculous to believe that Greece might be taking in one million migrants, registering them, then giving refuge to those who have a right to as….

As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top of one's list of priorit….

The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern Europe, Poland mig….

We need to move forward, from the common currency to the banking union to a common financial policy and, in the middle-term, to a common foreign and ….

Let's put it this way: I am confident that Schengen will continue to be defended. And when it comes to repatriations, we have the same opinion..

I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you of the fact that before May 201….

There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration ….

And a united Europe will also manage to send hundreds of thousands of migrants, who don't have the right to asylum, back to their homelands. Though t….

We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the euro zon….

We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In Libya, th….

It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like, in my opinion, Eritr….

We cannot treat people with a right to asylum the same way as people from a safe country. They need to be sent back. That is, from our perspective, c….

The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for us. That needs to change: More inves….

But it could be that we, as early as spring, will need to embark on a new policy in order to save one of the cornerstones of European politics: perso….

We are not perfect. But we have doubtlessly fulfilled our obligations to the EU to a greater degree than the EU has its obligations to Italy, when it….

The message that "we can't take in everybody" is imperative. At the same time, the decision as to who has a right to asylum needs to be made in Bruss….