EU News in June 2018

What happened in the EU in June 2018?

At the end of the month, the EU's leaders met. The meeting is called the European Council. The most important topic they talked about was asylum. All the leaders had different plans: Italy wants other EU countries to take a part of their refugees, others don't.

© EU 2018, the EU leaders even work while eating because the meetings last 2 days. In front: the president of the European Council.

So what did they agree on? Not much. They will study the possibility of having 'platforms' outside the EU to check who is allowed to enter the EU. EU countries won't be forced to take the refugees to their countries (article). Leaders also agreed on other topics and got information on Brexit.

If you help asylum seekers in Hungary, you can now get in jail for one year. The Hungarian government also made it impossible to relocate refugees via the EU (article). Read also my new article on how Hungary used migrants to change democracy here.

The USA's President decided to let the EU countries pay 25% extra for selling aluminum and steel in the USA. The EU is in charge of trade. As an answer it lets the USA pay more on selling orange juice, motorcycles and other products in the EU (article).

In the United Kingdom, the conservative government has a small party from Northern Ireland. Its leader said she wanted business (trade) as usual with the UK after Brexit. This can be difficult if Northern Ireland wants to trade as usual with the EU too (article).

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