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Sοuthern EU countries adopt Declaration pledging to work on economic growth, migration, security, social cohesion

The leaders of the seven southern  EU  countries adopted on Wednesday in Rome a Declaration, in which they pledge to continue their efforts on a series of issues, including economic growth, immigration, security and social cohesion.

The Declaration, entitled “Bringing the EU forward in 2018”, is the outcome of the meeting the Heads of State and Government of the Republic of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, held in Rome on Wednesday.

In the Declaration it is stated that the management of migration flows will be a fundamental challenge for the European Union in the years to come and that the Southern EU countries are particularly concerned and affected as they are at the forefront of the EU external borders.