On 27 June, 2024, Ursula von der Leyen received the support of EU leaders, apart from Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán, for a new term as President of the European Commission. Antonio Costa will be the new President of the Council of the EU and Kaja Kallas will become the new EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
On 25 June, 2024, in a letter to EU leaders, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested that “innovative strategies” should be found in the management of migration and asylum. This potentially includes outsourcing asylum applications to third countries along the lines of the Italy-Albania agreement.
On 12 June, 2024, the European Commission adopted the joint implementation plan for the Asylum and Migration Pact. In December 2024, each member state should submit to the Commission a national plan for the implementation of the pact based on the 10 strategic points proposed by the EU.
On 11 June, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that women asylum seekers who have lived in the EU for a certain period while attesting the adoption of gender equality principles could argue for belonging to “a particular social group” in their asylum application.
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