I am in Strasbourg for the monthly meeting session. It has been two busy days. The College meeting of Commissioners, which are held on Tuesdays when we are in Strasbourg, was all about the budget and the situation ahead of the coming negotiations. I have also had a variety of meetings with Members of the European Parliament to talk about cyber, the asylum package, PNR, etc. The sun is shining outside and the park is full of storks.
I had lunch with the Liberal Members of the LIBE Committee to discuss the near-term agenda and upcoming issues, such as the Schengen proposal and the asylum package, where the negotiations now are being intensified.
Earlier today we received a dreadful report from Amnesty International, which further demonstrates the Assad regime’s brutality in Syria. Media and other sources from Syria reveal unbearable images of civilians killed and mutilated children. The massacre must stop.
Today I also suffer with the Belgian people who mourn all the children who died in a bus accident in Switzerland yesterday evening. Among those who survived many are injured and were taken to hospital. My thoughts are with their families.
