[HIGHLIGHTS] EU reaches agreement – asylum procedures to be tightened

Interior ministers of the EU have been able to agree on a common line on asylum. The EU is struggling for a common, stricter asylum policy.

The summit in Luxembourg has brought a breakthrough on the issue. The European Union's asylum policy is deadlocked, and everyone was hoping for a breakthrough at the summit. More on SPIEGEL.de soon.mrc/mgo/AFP/dpa: European Union asylum policy has been deadlocked for a long time, and now the interior ministers have agreed on acommon line.