Published: June 8th, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

On June 8 and 9, the interior ministers of the EU member states will meet in the Council of the European Union in Luxembourg to agree on a negotiating position regarding the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP wants to go along with large parts of the proposals presented by the Commission, thus clearing the way for unworkable tightening measures contrary to human rights. However, we are convinced that the federal government would be better off stopping the reform.