(de-news.net) – Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has articulated that, in coordination with five fellow EU member states, a strategic initiative is to reinforce the structural coherence of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). This multilateral endeavor, expected to commence in July, is designed to formulate a harmonized position to be jointly presented to the European Commission with the aim of advancing systemic reforms.

Within this framework, Germany is reportedly engaged in consultations with France, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, and Denmark. A principal component of the proposed reform centers on the discontinuation of the so-called “connection requirement,” a provision that currently mandates a demonstrable personal linkage between the asylum applicant and a designated safe third country as a condition for transfer.

Dobrindt asserted that eliminating this condition would enhance the scope and consistency of the third-country principle across the European Union. He also emphasized the importance of expanding strategic partnerships with third countries, contending that such measures are imperative for dismantling the operational structures of transnational smuggling networks.