It was the calm before the storm.
Brussels slipped into its usual summer slumber in August, but as a parade of commission officials, lawmakers, regulators and diplomats return to their desks this week, they face an unusually daunting post-vacation agenda — from fixing Greece to the migrant crisis to convincing Britain to remain in the EU to finalizing plans for a new capital markets union.
Then there’s the simmering conflict in Ukraine and concerns over the terror threat posed by Islamic fighters returning from Syria. Complicating matters further is a series of important elections, including in Spain and across the EU’s border …read more
Source: European Voice
