Le mécanisme de solidarité volontaire. Une initiative précieuse à l¿effectivité relative

Abstract

To address the migration crisis facing the European Union since 2015, several Member States have proposed to go beyond a totally stalled legislative negotiation on a new Pact on migration and asylum by launching a voluntary migration solidarity mechanism. This temporary platform has had mixed results. In addition to the misleading figures and political wrangling that led to its de facto suspension, this initiative shows how far the intergovernmental method can overcome stalled negotiations (i.e. several secondary law proposals that shaped the European Commission¿s new Pact on migration and asylum from September 2020) with bold suggestions. However, in no case can it replace a permanent tool to increase solidarity between Member States on such a sensitive issue.

Keywords

• solidarity
• european union
• migration and asylum
• soft law