The European Union is not united on immigration. In fact, it might broadly be divided into three camps: First, the countries who actively want to limit immigration. In this camp there are countries like Hungary, and Poland, and Czechia, and Slovakia, and Italy, who have borne the brunt of immigration in recent years and wish to see it reduced across the board. These countries tend to have populist right wing parties either in charge, or in a position where they might well take charge.
In the second camp, there are countries who would very much like to be pro-immigration but whose populations have somewhat turned against it: In this camp are Germany and France, both of whom remain politically dominated by the centre or centre left, but whose politicians are all too aware that increased immigration threatens their position in the long term, due to the presence of movements like that of Marine LePen, or the Allianz fur Deutschland.
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