Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001003/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dolors Montserrat (PPE), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (PPE)
The agreement between the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and the Junts per Catalunya party on the delegation of competences in the area of immigration to Catalonia provides that the community is to play a role in monitoring the security of ports, airports and ‘critical areas’, as well as in the management of residence permits for migrants and the issuing of documents for foreigners.
Immigration policy is a shared competence between the European Union and the Member States, governed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Schengen Acquis, with binding rules such as the Visa Code, the Dublin Regulation and the Return Directive.
- 1.How will the Commission ensure that the transfer of competences to Catalonia is carried out in accordance with the EU’s legal framework and the correct application of EU law?
- 2.Does the Commission consider that administrative fragmentation in border control, the granting of visas or the management of residence permits could jeopardise security and migration control within the Schengen area?
- 3.How would the European Union collaborate with the regional government in the context of the police coordination efforts carried out in Europol or Frontex?
Submitted: 7.3.2025