Biometric system will no longer launch next month after warnings of travel delays
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Berlin’s decision risks hampering borderless travel in Schengen area
Also in this newsletter: Will tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles hurt the green transition?
Also in this newsletter: don’t expect a new European Commission before December
Also in this newsletter: why doesn’t Belgium have a new government yet?
Meloni has reduced the flow, but some methods are controversial
Keir Starmer’s talks with Italy’s rightwing PM came after eight people died trying to cross English Channel on Sunday
Also in this newsletter: EU asylum applications stable amid frenzied immigration debate
British premier has promised tougher border measures and to ‘smash the gangs’ that smuggle people
Deputy prime minister could face prison over episode in which vessel carrying rescued migrants was forbidden from docking
French government laments this year’s ‘terrible’ toll, said to be worst since 2018
Berlin plans to carry out checks at all land frontiers in a bid to stem illegal migration
Justice minister warns that criminals are recruiting children for extremist groups abroad
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government steps up response to demand for tougher line on irregular immigration
Even outside government, the AfD can exert a pernicious influence
Refugee advocacy groups criticise expulsion of 28 convicted criminals to country that has no diplomatic ties with Berlin
Measures, which include a ban on knives at public events, follow outrage over terror attack in western city last week
Call for dialogue with opposition and regions follows deadly knife attack by a suspected Syrian national
Impounding of MSF’s ship for 60 days is 23rd seizure of a vessel by Giorgia Meloni’s government
Also in this newsletter: Can aeroplanes be sustainable?
Also in this newsletter: Bulgaria calls its seventh general election in three years
Far right seizes on arrest of Syrian immigrant suspected of killing three people ahead of regional elections
EU governments face awkward choices over asylum-seekers, labour market shortages and integration of newcomers
Officials aim to limit attacks from ‘Swedish child soldiers’ hired by Danish gangs
