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Brussels/Ljubljana – The Slovenian national plan for implementing the European Migration Pact, adopted by the government last December, is, according to the European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner, a very good basis for further steps. As he added in a written interview for STA, one of the key challenges for member states in implementing the pact will be ensuring sufficient capacities.
Brunner confirmed that the European Commission received the national implementation plan from Slovenia. “It is a very good basis for further steps,” he replied to the question of whether Slovenia is well prepared for the implementation of the European legislation on migration management adopted last May.
As one of the key challenges for all member states in implementing the pact, he highlighted ensuring sufficient capacities, particularly in terms of personnel.
“The Commission supports the member states in this, and recently we have provided an additional three billion euros for this purpose,” Brunner explained in the conversation during the visit to Slovenia at the end of last week.
According to him, before the summer, the Commission intends to present the course of implementation of the joint plan for the implementation of the pact, which will otherwise begin to be applied in June next year. “We are making very good progress,” he said.
At the same time, the Commission, in cooperation with member states, is examining whether certain parts of the pact could be applied even before the summer of 2026, including more effective management of migrant reception systems. Various support tools offered by the EU Agency for Asylum are already available to member states, the Commissioner said.
In his opinion, the pact could also contribute to better functioning of the Schengen area, where free movement is currently hindered by controls at numerous internal borders. (March 31)