http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-720 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:43:41 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-720 [...] French President and current EU figurehead, Nicolas Sarkozy claimed an early boost to his country’s presidency of the Union yesterday, with the conclusion of the much anticipated ‘European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.’ Of course, it was a watered down version of the document that French immigration minister, Brice Hortefeux, was peddling to Member State governments earlier in the year - and rightfully so. Spain threw a wrench in the French Presidency’s plans a few days ago, when it refused to agree to an addendum on integration and a Europe-wide ban on regularisations.  [...] […] French President and current EU figurehead, Nicolas Sarkozy claimed an early boost to his country’s presidency of the Union yesterday, with the conclusion of the much anticipated ‘European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.’ Of course, it was a watered down version of the document that French immigration minister, Brice Hortefeux, was peddling to Member State governments earlier in the year - and rightfully so. Spain threw a wrench in the French Presidency’s plans a few days ago, when it refused to agree to an addendum on integration and a Europe-wide ban on regularisations.  […]

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-719 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:36:13 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-719 [...] French President and current EU figurehead, Nicolas Sarkozy claimed an early boost to his country’s presidency of the Union yesterday, with the conclusion of the much anticipated ‘European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.’ Of course, it was a watered down version of the document that French immigration minister, Brice Hortefeux, was peddling to Member State governments earlier in the year - and rightfully so. Spain threw a wrench in the French Presidency’s plans a few days ago, when it refused to agree to an addendum on integration and a Europe-wide ban on regularisations.  [...] […] French President and current EU figurehead, Nicolas Sarkozy claimed an early boost to his country’s presidency of the Union yesterday, with the conclusion of the much anticipated ‘European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.’ Of course, it was a watered down version of the document that French immigration minister, Brice Hortefeux, was peddling to Member State governments earlier in the year - and rightfully so. Spain threw a wrench in the French Presidency’s plans a few days ago, when it refused to agree to an addendum on integration and a Europe-wide ban on regularisations.  […]

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-713 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:05:41 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/01/whistle-stopping-immigration/#comment-713 [...] The French EU Presidency’s whistle-stop tour of European capitals in preparation for a restrictive immigration and integration policy has hit a major roadblock: Spain. As one of the EU Member States who has profited both from regular and illegal migration (the Spanish government has issued a number of amnesties for illegals over the years), Prime Minister Zapatero has rebuffed French plans for the creation of an integration contract obligation, which requires immigrants adjust to their recieving country’s “national identity.” [...] […] The French EU Presidency’s whistle-stop tour of European capitals in preparation for a restrictive immigration and integration policy has hit a major roadblock: Spain. As one of the EU Member States who has profited both from regular and illegal migration (the Spanish government has issued a number of amnesties for illegals over the years), Prime Minister Zapatero has rebuffed French plans for the creation of an integration contract obligation, which requires immigrants adjust to their recieving country’s “national identity.” […]

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