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Unrest in France overshadows EU, as summit ends in disagreement over migration

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, June 30, 2023. AP - Virginia Mayo

Poland and Hungary's refusal to go along with a widely agreed EU revision of asylum rules soured a summit of the bloc's leaders that wrapped up Friday – detracting from unity on other issues including on Ukraine – citing racial unrest in France as an example of unsuccessful migrant integration.

Warsaw and Budapest baulked at a summit declaration that would have enshrined the general EU agreement for member states to share out the hosting of asylum-seekers – or pay those that do.

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