Elections have a wonderful way of focusing a politician’s mind. So it is with Rishi Sunak and the Tories, who are hoping their Rwanda Bill will be their salvation come the general election.
In Brussels, the EU also knows that the migrant crisis will be a significant factor in deciding the outcome of Europe’s elections next month. The omens, or rather, the polls aren’t good.
The EU is bracing itself for what it describes as a ‘sharp right turn’ next month
The EU is bracing itself for what it describes as a ‘sharp right turn’ next month. Certainly, the polls in France and Holland, to name but two of the bloc’s 27 countries, are predicting thumping victories for the parties of Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders.
In an attempt to try and limit the damage, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has been active this year in negotiating deals with countries at the epicentre of the migrant crisis that has caused the right turn in Europe since 2015.
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