Draft of EU interior ministers statement says Europe will use "all means necessary" to stop migrants crossing the border into Greece
The @EU_Commission's only response to videos of Greek authorities use of violence against people on the Turkish border is to highlight the dangers of "fake news" on the internet. Cool.
The EU's emergency interior ministers meeting is underway and Germany's Horst Seehofer has arrived wanting no reference to Turkey in the conclusions. Some member states now saying they don't want any statement at all...
It's a Greece v Germany standoff at the #JHA. Greeks pushing hard for both home affairs and foreign affairs conclusions to have full condemnation of Erdogan's political use of refugees and Turkey's malign role in Syria. Germans with allies like NL are pushing back
Final version of EU #jha statement on Greece says all necessary measures will be taken "in accordance" with international law. The language on Turkey has gone from "strongly condemns" to "strongly rejects"
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