Video viEUws.eu: EU Summit: Brexit and the migration crisis to top the agenda
European policy expert Janis A. Emmanouilidis from the European Policy Centre (EPC) discusses the upcoming EU Summit during which, Leaders from across the Old Continent will gather to discuss the biggest challenges to the future of the Union: The United Kingdom’s future membership of the European Union and the migration crisis.
On Britain, heads of states and governments are to discuss the list of settlement proposals put forward by Donald Tusk i in early February. Negotiations are currently in full swing and hopes are high for EU Leaders to find mutually satisfactory solutions. On the migration crisis, they will look at the implementation of the decisions taken over the course of 2015 and will actively prepare the ground for the next EU Summit set to be taking place in March.
The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a Brussels-based independent think tank focusing on European integration providing high-quality analysis on the EU policy agenda. The EPC has a strong multi-constituency approach. Its members include private companies, business federations, trade unions, public institutions and NGOs.
Janis A. Emmanouilidis has been working as the EPC’s Senior Policy Analyst since 1999 and was recently promoted to Director of Studies. His publications cover the EU’s overall political and institutional development, the sovereign debt crisis, EU integration, EU foreign policy as well as EU enlargement. Emmanouilidis also acts as an advisor to various governments, EU institutions, European parties and NGOs.