🇫🇷President Macron holds a press conference that was long delayed because of a migration discussion prolonged by the theatrics of some national leaders. He says it was a "bad debate" but the 🇪🇺migration pact is having a "good outcome". "My view is that when we politicise this debate, we divide; and when we divide and fall back on national solutions, we become ineffective". He points out that illegal crossings into the EU have fallen (by 37%) in 2026, and returns have increased (by 10%). 🇮🇹Meloni and 🇩🇰Frederiksen used the migration debate to call for language in the conclusions condemning 🇪🇸PM Sanchez (though not by name) for Spain's regularisation program for illegal migrants who are working (mostly from Latin America). Their demand for condemnation was eventually rejected after a heated debate. Macron suggests the Ceuta crisis has been mischaracterised, describing it as “a humanitarian tragedy and an information attack against Spain”.