German MEPs want EU members fined for not accepting migrants

‘A group of German members of the European parliament are suggesting economic sanctions against countries that fail to support EU policy on migrants.
“Cash payments to member states that do not abide by the European law and those countries that don’t provide enough assistance in accepting asylum seekers and registering must be slashed,” Inge Grassle, the head of Budgetary Control Committee of the EP told Die Welt daily.
Germany is the largest contributor to the EU treasury, and last year the country paid €14.3 billion more than it received from Brussels.’
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