Europe in brief: EU to modernize budget rules, Italy prevents asylum seekers from disembarking from rescue ships, numerous arrests during joint EU police action against traffickers using the Balkan route
The EU Commission is expected to announce a reform of old budget rules aiming to strengthen public accounts and enable investments. What also happened this week: The new Italian government has prevented some asylum seekers from disembarking from rescue ships, while children and sick people were allowed into the country. Also: EU countries joined forces to target drug and firearms smuggling as well as migrant trafficking along the Balkan route.