Ahead of the European Council in Brussels, PSE leaders meet at Albert Hall. Arrivals of Maurizio MARTINA, Udo BULLMAN, Maroš SEFCOVIC, Pedro SANCHEZ, Antonio COSTA, Stefan LÖFVEN, Peter PELLEGRINI. Statements by Udo BULLMANN (S&D, DE) and Peter PELLEGRINI.

Brussels

ŠEFČOVIČ, Maroš (SK, EC)

BULLMANN, Udo (S&D, DE)

LÖFVEN, Stefan (SE)

meeting of the European Council

COSTA, António (PT)

SANCHEZ, Pedro (ES)

MARTINA, Maurizio (IT)

PELLEGRINI, Peter (SK)

European Council meeting 28-29 June 2018 (T)

PSE leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals, statements and roundtable

Ambient shot of the PES Leaders poster for the meeting.

Arrival of Maurizio Martina, acting general secretary of PD Italy.

Arrival of Udo Bullman MEP, President of the S&amp;D group.

SOUNDBITE (English), Udo BULLMANN (S&amp;D, DE), Myself, Mr VERHOFSTADT and Ska KELLER from the Greens went out with a letter to Mr TUSK to put the Dublin reform on the agenda. Whatever he is talking about, technical changes will only work if we have a common system of migration policy, in solidarity, in the European Union.

SOUNDBITE (English), Udo BULLMANN (S&amp;D, DE), Whatever you do has to meet the requirements of our modern asylum law, our modern regulations which always take care of the refugees once they have right to access the European territory once there are refugees fleeing from death, being personally endangered have the right to an asylum and that cannot be undermined.

Arrival of Maro&scaron; SEFCOVIC, European Commissioner.

Arrival of Pedro S&aacute;nchez, Prime Minister of Spain.

Pedro S&aacute;nchez, Prime Minister of Spain entering the Albert Hall.

Arrival of Antonio COSTA, Prime Minister of Portugal.

Arrival of Stefan L&ouml;fven, Prime Minister of Sweden.

Arrival of Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister of Slovakia.

SOUNDBITE (English), Peter PELLEGRINI, Prime Minister of Slovakia, The biggest priority in this moment is to protect our external border. First we have to start to do this and after that we can continue to discuss about what is happening inside the European Union.

Eight atmosphere shots showing the leaders inside the Albert Hall and taking their seats at the round table.