Ahead of the European Council in Brussels, ALDE leaders meet at the Palais d'Egmont. Arrivals of Mark RUTTE, Andrus ANSIP, Juha SIPILÄ, Andrej BABIS, Hans VAN BAALEN, Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Xavier BETTEL, Guy VERHOFSTADT, Charles MICHEL, Jüri RATAS, Violeta BULC and Francois BAYROU. Statements by Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN (ALDE, NL) on migration and on defense

Brussels

VERHOFSTADT, Guy (Renew, BE)

RATAS, Jüri (EE)

BULC, Violeta (SI, EC)

MALMSTRÖM, Cecilia (ALDE, SE, EC)

ANSIP, Andrus (Renew, EE)

MICHEL, Charles (BE)

BETTEL, Xavier (LU)

meeting of the European Council

VAN BAALEN, Johannes Cornelis (ALDE, NL)

RUTTE, Mark

ALDE

SIPILÄ, Juha

BAYROU, François (EPP-DE, FR)

European Council meeting 28-29 June 2018 (T)

ALDE leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals and roundtable

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Exterior view of the ALDE venue, Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium (2 shots)

Arrival Mark RUTTE, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, (1 shot)

Arrival of Andrus ANSIP, Vice President of the European Commission, (1 shot)

Arrival of Juha SIPIL&Auml;, Prime Minister of Finland

Andrej BABIS, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, ( 1 shot)

Arrival Hans VAN BAALEN, President of ALDE Party

SOUNDBITE (English), Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN (ALDE, NL), (Migration) It should all be based on legal terms, so should it should be a legal solution and the people who come as refugees or asylum seekers or who claim to be have to be protected, so that nobody may drown, or maybe tortured and so there should be safety for those people waiting for their procedure.

SOUNDBITE (English), Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN (ALDE, NL), (Defense) I think the proposal of the French President to have a kind of intervention force in which also Britain participates is a very good and practical solution.

Cecilia MALMSTR&Ouml;M, EU Commissioner for Trade,  2 shots

Charles MICHEL, Prime Minister of Belgium, 4 shots

J&uuml;ri RATAS, Prime Minister of Estonia

Arrival of Francois BAYROU, President of the European Democrat Party, (1 shot)