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Slovak foreign minister Lajcak says his biggest concern is the EU's fragmentation (Photo: Council of the EU)

Slovakia to push migrant quotas down EU agenda

Mandatory quotas for relocation of refugees in EU countries will not feature high on the agenda of the Slovak presidency of the EU Council.

The quotas, which were proposed by the European Commission as part of the reform of the EU's asylum system, are only "one element of a very wide process and reform", Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak told EUobserver on Wednesday (1 June).

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Slovak foreign minister Lajcak says his biggest concern is the EU's fragmentation (Photo: Council of the EU)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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