Press Release: Migration and UK EU referendum dominate post-summit debate

The European Parliament's plenary session held a debate on 19 January 2016 reviewing the outcome of the European Council summit from December 2015.

Many members of the parliament criticised leaders of member states for their inability to deal with the migration and refugee crisis, while the United Kingdom's referendum on its EU membership was also a hot topic of the discussion.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Meeting: European Council, 17-18 December 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-european-council-17-18-december-2015/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/16/112, 19.01.16: Speech by President Jean-Claude Juncker – EP Plenary session – Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December 2015 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-112_en.htm

European Council: Statement, 19.01.16: Report by President Donald Tusk to the European Parliament on the outcome of the December European Council http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/01/19-tusk-december-euco-report-european-parliament/

EurActiv, 20.01.16: Tusk: EU has two months to control the migrant crisis, or go bust http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/tusk-eu-has-two-months-control-migrant-crisis-or-go-bust-321137

EUObserver, 19.01.16: Tusk sets EU two-month deadline on migrant crisis https://euobserver.com/migration/131905

Politico, 19.01.16: Tusk: EU must act quickly to avoid Brexit http://www.politico.eu/article/tusk-donald-eu-must-act-quickly-to-avoid-brexit-britain/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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