Commentary by Danaë LAZARI The Brexit referendum has dominated EU media for many months, but upcoming referendums in other EU Member States also have the potential to uproot the conventional policies of those states, with significant consequences for the EU. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Italian referendum on constitutional reform will take place on … More The EU’s Next Referendum: Hungary and the Migrant Relocation Mechanism

Commentary by Danaë LAZARI The refugee crisis has seen the biggest movement of people into the EU since WWII. More than one million people arrived in the EU in 2015, and under EU asylum law, it is the responsibility of the first member state into which migrants arrive to process asylum applications. The brunt of this … More An Overview of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal

Commentary by Louis VIS and Gabriella ATKINS ‘If Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won’t be the Europe we wished for’ stated Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, in a speech last month. Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. Whilst the recent increase in the number … More Migration Routes into the European Union