Reuters – French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Elysee palace on Saturday (June 23) for talks on migration and euro zone reforms. It is the Socialist leader’s first overseas visit since defeating his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote last month.

The talks comes a week after Madrid took in 629 mainly sub-Saharan Africans on board the ship Aquarius after Italy’s new government refused to let it dock on its shores. The French presidency said the two leaders will discuss bilateral and European topics, specifically focusing on migration and euro zone reform issues, to prepare for a European leaders summit at the end of June