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French President Emmanuel Macron meets Italian Council President Paolo Gentiloni on a visit to Rome. IMAGES
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels, with the issues of Brexit and migration on the agenda. IMAGES of roundtable.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visit Lampedusa following a recent surge in migrant arrivals to the small Italian island. During her visit, von der Leyen said irregular migration was a "European challenge" needing a "European answer", offering a 10-point plan to help Rome deal with the crisis. This week a record of around 8,500 people -- more than the island's entire local population -- have arrived in around 200 boats, according to the UN migration agency. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron arrives in Strasbourg to kick off the Conference on the Future of Europe with EU leaders. IMAGES
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
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