ESO in… January 2016

The following events, initiatives and issues were in the news in January 2016. Click on the links to find information sources indexed in European Sources Online.

• Netherlands takes over the EU Presidency, 1 January 2016
• Migration to Europe – European Migration Challenges
  • Find all recent information on Immigration / Migration / Refugees / Asylum
  • Final days of the EU’s refugee strategy? Challenges for the EU
  • Challenges to the Schengen Agreement
  • Increased border restrictions in Denmark / Sweden / Norway / Austria / Germany / Macedonia
  • Commission issues draft Schengen Evaluation report on Greece, 27 January 2016
• Spain: Election, 20 December 2015 – Continuing efforts to form government through January 2016
  • + New Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont inaugurated in Catalonia, 10 January 2016
• Portugal: Presidential Election, 24 January 2016
• The BREXIT Debate [+ David Cameron negotiates with EU leaders, 29-31 January 2016]
• Poland: New Law and Justice government introduce controversial reforms. Orientation debate on the rule of law mechanism in European Commission, 13 January 2016, and subsequent developments
• World Economic Forum, Davos, 20-23 January 2016 – many Europe-related debates
• European Commission presents new measures against corporate tax avoidance, 28 January 2016

+ Find information on 2015 developments in Europe: ESO in 2015