The timing of the decision raises questions in France.
Migration, competitiveness, defence, enlargement and a farmer-oriented agricultural policy will be at the forefront of the upcoming EU Presidency.
Turkish citizens are the third largest group of asylum seekers, despite coming from a safe country.
Police repeatedly face life-threatening situations, but the government is unwilling to take action—on crime or migration.
Previous French governments were effectively exempt from EU fiscal rules, but this may change following parliamentary elections.
Hungary has deterred illegal migrants and accepted real refugees, but the EU is not impressed.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala admitted that the results reflected the mood of the society.
While putting national interests first, PM Viktor Orbán said his country will not veto decisions that are backed by a clear majority.
Ilaria Salis, who could receive an 11-year jail sentence, may get parliamentary immunity and be released from house arrest.
“It doesn’t matter what the current opposition is called, we will defeat it again and again,” the prime minister said.
The official results confirmed the government’s disastrous showing at the European elections.
Mayor says AfD is “not welcome” and that he wants to be “at the forefront” of Antifa protests against the party.
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