Merkel challenger Schulz welcomes European court's decision on migrants

Record ID: 909389

  • Title: Merkel challenger Schulz welcomes European court's decision on migrants
  • Date: 6th September 2017
  • Summary: END OF SCHULZ SPEECH
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2017 17:25
  • Keywords: Martin Schulz European Court of Justice ECJ ruling migrants asylum seekers SPD
  • Location: WUPPERTAL, GERMANY
  • City: WUPPERTAL, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0046XGHR9J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat challenger on Wednesday (September 6) welcomed a ruling by the European Union's highest court which said EU states must accept refugees and asylum seekers.
    Speaking at a campaign event in Wuppertal, Martin Schulz said that housing refugees was a common challenge and he expected all EU member states to fulfill their obligations immediately.
    The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected claims by Hungary and Slovakia that it was illegal for Brussels to order them to take in hundreds of mainly Muslim refugees from Syria, which they said threatened the security and stability of their societies.
    Hungary and Poland have refused to host a single person under the 2015 sharing scheme, while Slovakia and the Czech Republic have each taken in only a dozen or so.
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