Luxembourg Presidency of the EU. Focus on the Refugee Crisis
Luxembourg Presidency of the EU. Focus on the Refugee Crisis

Author(s): Sena Marić
Subject(s): EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: EU and refugees;
Summary/Abstract: The past spring and summer of the European continent have been, without any doubt, marked by two hot topics: “the greferendum” – Greek referendum and the conditions for staying in the Eurozone; as well as now the already chronic exodus of refugees from the Middle East and Africa to European countries. While the first one falls under the competence of the “troika”, comprising the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the matters of migration and asylum policy are shared between the EU member states and the European Parliament – and are thereby one of the top priority issues of the current Luxembourg Presidency of the Council. Current priorities of the three countries are defined very broadly, and the task of each country is to make them more concrete and in line with the topical issues and needs. Since we have already argued on the priorities of the Italian and Latvian presidency, and since they do not essentially differ from those defined by Luxembourg, this insight will focus on the refugee crisis issue, as one of the topics that dominated the Luxembourg agenda in the past July, i.e. the first month of the 6-month long Luxembourg Presidency, and which, judging by the most recent opinion polls, currently brings the most concerns to the EU citizens

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