On October 24, the European Newsroom sat down with outgoing President of the European Council Charles Michel to talk about his learnings heading the Council, the top priorities – and challenges – for the EU in the future and his next steps.
Charles Michel, the outgoing president of the European Council, spoke to the European Newsroom (enr) on his two-term mandate, sharing his vision of the EU’s future and stressing the need for unity within the bloc.
The Czech and Austrian national rail operators ČD and ÖBB have “colluded to prevent a new entrant”, according to the European Commission who fined both companys a total of 48.7 million Euro in violation of competition rules.
A reformed migration and asylum pact was adopted earlier this year, after years of long and hard negotiations. Only a couple of months and elections later, the stance on migration in the EU has moved towards an even tougher approach – with calls for “new ways” to deal with illegal migration in the wake of a shift to the right across the continent.
On Sunday, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in various locations of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Next Saturday crucial parliamentary elections will take place. Protestors demonstrated for closer ties with the EU.