EU returns to the idea of relocating migrants
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Although more countries disliked the proposal of "mandatory solidarity," in the end, only Poland and Hungary voted against it. The EU is returning to the idea of migrant relocation, and refusing to accept one person could cost €20,000.
The vote means that the Council of the European Union has agreed on a negotiating mandate, which is a common position that will serve as a starting point for the so-called trialogue, the tripartite negotiations between the Commission, the Council, and the Parliament. This means that the final text could still change. There is also a possibility that the regulation may not be adopted at all.
"We cannot explain to the society that has accepted over a million war refugees from Ukraine that if they do not accept more, they will have to pay essentially from their own pockets because budgetary funds are the citizens' money," Bartosz Grodecki, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration, said.
