People dying at the EU’s external borders: Can the Summit find the right answer?

Far too many people are dying every year at the EU's external borders. A few days ago, the Mediterranean waters were, once again, the scene of this human tragedy where hopes, dreams, families and lives drowned forever. As always, the same question remains: how to avoid this human drama in future?

What happened recently in Lampedusa and Malta demonstrated the EU's inability to fulfil the Treaties' objectives, to set up a common policy in the field of asylum and immigration, and to become a central player at international level. This mainly has to do with Member States' inability to address current challenges and their unwillingness to consider the EU as the appropriate level of decision making and action.