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The European Union’s new Pact on Migration, effective Friday, aims to standardise migration management across member states. It includes measures for faster asylum processing and a “mandatory solidarity” system; however, actual contributions from countries have fallen significantly short, raising concerns about the pact’s efficacy.

It’s the second coming of Donald Tusk with implications well beyond Poland’s borders. Two months after a general election marked by a huge turnout comes a comeback for the center-right leader. Tusk’s first stint as prime minister was followed up by a move to Brussels where as president of the European Council, he found himself clashing with the leadership of his own country. 

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Friday visited the French overseas island of Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union, amid a growing water crisis. Due to a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment and water mismanagement, the island’s inhabitants have access to water only one every three days.

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