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Belgian PM Seeks Rule of Law "Peer Review" in EU
June 22, 2018
Politico reports that Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has called for a "peer review" system among European countries to review potential threats to the rule of law in the region, arguing that such a mechanism would sidestep national sovereignty concerns inherent in a process that centers in the EU institutions.
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EU Struggles to Confront Migration Crisis
June 20, 2018
Lorne Cooke writes that policies on the treatment of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East are serving as the foremost wedge driving apart EU member states and could throw the supranational bloc into political disarray.
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Austria Seeks External Migration Centers Outside EU Structures
June 13, 2018
EUobserver reports that, in an effort to revive support for free movement rules within the Schengen area in light of mass migration, a group of EU member states led by Austria is negotiating a proposal to fund migrant camps outside the EU through which asylum seekers could apply to enter the bloc.
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EC Raises Budget Despite Loss of British Funding
June 08, 2018
Politico reports that, in its recent budget proposal for the years 2021 to 2027, the European Commission (EC) responds to the €13 billion annual gap in its finances left by Brexit by calling for an "ambitious" rise in the bloc's annual spending to meet new priorities and a focus on the internal politics of its members by conditioning development funding on democratic standards.
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France Urges Military Cooperation Outside EU Structures
June 08, 2018
Politico reports that France is preparing to bring together 10 European countries, including Britain, this month to sign a letter of intent pledging to develop a "common strategic culture" and coordinate their military forces to supplement the "low-ambition" EU Permanent Structured Cooperation on defense matters agreed in 2017.
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