Published on

12/06/2026 - 10:44 GMT+2

As EU member states prepare to implement the bloc's most comprehensive migration reform in a decade, European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner told Euronews he recently discussed the issue with Pope Leo XIV.

“I had the chance to meet the Pope myself some months ago and I had a conversation with him on exactly that topic,” Brunner told Euronews’ flagship morning programme Europe Today.

"Human dignity, international law, this is all in the centre also of the reforms. We're not negotiating about these facts. That is really important for us also as lawmakers as a European Commission."