The year of the EU Council Presidency
The year of the EU Council Presidency

Author(s): Zuzana Gabrižová
Subject(s): Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Migration Studies, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: Slovakia; foreign policy; 2016; EU; council; presidency; Brexit; economy; migration; justice;
Summary/Abstract: The EU entered 2016 in continuous crisis management mode – more and more so the “new normal” for the continent. The results of the UK’s “Brexit” referendum had to be digested with a view to launching the unprecedented and difficult process of this important member state’s withdrawal. Other crises (economic, migration) were less intense in terms of the urgency felt at the highest political levels – especially as compared to 2015, when the migration crisis escalated and Greece was (again) on the verge of leaving the euro zone. However, this relatively calmer period was hardly taken advantage of by member states in order to forge a substantial unity that would allow to them to get ahead of key challenges.

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