On Wednesday 29 June, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, reacted cautiously to the European agreement on migration obtained after a hard fought fight on Thursday night by the EU28 (see EUROPE 12051). According to Mr Tusk it is “still much too early to talk of success” and this agreement “was the easiest part”.
The real test would be what happened on the ground. The Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, whose country will be taking over the reins of the EU on Sunday...