Migration – a united Europe?

Faced with the specter of reliving a situation reminiscent of 2015 - obviously not the same, but with some similar characteristics - when tens of thousands of immigrants and refugees were "stuck" on Greece's border with North Macedonia, Athens is in search of a strategy - and allies to strengthen its position and push it through - to respond to Berlin's recent decision to tighten controls on its land borders.

Germany's policy brings into question the essence of the Schengen acquis.

Greece, a vocal supporter of the Migration Pact and the need for all EU states to share the burden and not only, or mainly, the frontline ones, looks to fellow European Union members which find themselves in an almost identical situation - having EU external borders, mainly Italy, but also countries like Spain, Portugal and Poland - to form a unified front in order to pressure Germany to...