The bumpy road from Bratislava to Rome: the results of a (un)spectacular summit. EPC Post-Summit Analysis, 24 October 2016
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2016

The EU’s October Summit was dominated by three main issues: migration, international trade and relations with Russia, with EU leaders being eager to display a certain degree of unity and normality. The Summit was a rather unspectacular meeting in terms of actual results. But it did not pass unnoticed, given that it was overshadowed by the veto of Wallonia to CETA, which questions the Union’s credibility as in international trade actor. With respect to migration, the focus was once again on the s