Priority Dossiers under the Austrian EU Council Presidency
Austria will hold the EU Council Presidency from July to December 2018. Its presidency comes at the end of the Trio Presidency composed of Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria. The last time Austria held the Council Presidency was in 2006. A EUROPE THAT PROTECTS is the motto Austria has chosen for its Presidency. Austria considers that there have been several crises in recent years that have given rise to mistrust in the EU amongst European citizens. This mistrust needs to be addressed. To this end, the Austrian Presidency has announced three main priorities for its term in office: security, competitiveness and stability. On security, it intends to focus on the fight against illegal migration, by securing Europe's external borders, and on the reform of the Common European Asylum System. On competitiveness, it will work on matters related to the digital single market, specifically digitalisation. On stability, it has announced its intention to work towards EU accession of the Western Balkan countries.
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- ampliación de la UE
- ASUNTOS SOCIALES
- Austria
- construcción europea
- digitalización
- documentación
- ECONOMÍA
- EDUCACIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN
- ENERGÍA
- Europa
- GEOGRAFÍA
- geografía económica
- geografía política
- Iniciativa Ciudadana Europea
- instituciones de la Unión Europea y función pública europea
- MEDIO AMBIENTE
- mercado único digital
- movimientos migratorios
- política del medio ambiente
- política económica
- política económica
- política en materia de cambio climático
- política energética
- política energética de la Unión
- política migratoria de la UE
- política social europea
- Presidencia del Consejo de la Unión Europea
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- vida social