Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz will assume the EU's rotating presidency on July 1 and has vowed to make
That policy echoes the position of Italia, which has started turning away migrant vessels and proposed setting up processing centres in Libya and other countries of origin.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
is also locked in a struggle with her hardline government coalition partners that threatens to topple her government, and a summit between EU leaders on Sunday made little progress on tackling the crisis.
Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack!Cynthia cried.
I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!...
Spain's willingness to accept
It comes after the country's economic development minister, Jose Luis Abalos, said yesterday that Spain would not offer docking to the NGO boat Lifeline, which is carrying 230
Kurz fears if Germany unilaterally closes its southern border then other EU nations will follow suit.
Today heavily armed coppers - wearing helmets and body armour while carrying riot shields - were on display to show Germany that Austria is willing to shut its own borders if Merkel's interior minister follows through with his threat to close the Bavarian frontier.
Thousands of