Austria

  • Apr 28, 2016
  • 2 min read

Austria's new asylum law will irritate EU neighbours

The stricter law is in line with the government's move to the right

Austria
  • Apr 25, 2016
  • 2 min read

Austrian political landscape will change after vote

For the first time since 1945, Austria's president will not be backed by one of the two main parties

Austria
  • Mar 10, 2016
  • 7 min read

Austria's migration U-turn will cause further conflict

Although Austria is now one of Merkel's most vocal critics, relations with Germany will normalise

Austria
  • Mar 2, 2016
  • 7 min read

Migrants will not stop at Balkan borders

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia are trying to close the Balkan migration route to Germany

Balkans
  • Feb 25, 2016
  • 2 min read

Migrant wave through Balkans could smash EU

Vienna fears rising anti-immigrant sentiment; Budapest has consolidated its image as champion of the national interest

EU
  • Feb 23, 2016
  • 7 min read

Sheer numbers in Greece will defeat EU migrant policy

Other states blame Greece for failing to defend Europe's borders from an overwhelming influx of migrants

Greece
  • Nov 18, 2015
  • 2 min read

Paris attacks will blur euro-area fiscal compliance

The European Commission has judged four states' draft 2016 budgets at risk of non-compliance with euro-area rules

EU
  • Oct 29, 2015
  • 7 min read

Euro-area fiscal policies will not find common ground

By end-November, the European Commission will release its judgements on euro-area countries' 2016 budgets

EU