Since 2015 the European Union has seen several of the consecutive migration crises that had led to the emergence of Millions of the Asylum seekers to the frontline nations of the Schengen Area in the last decade. However, as the new challenges are emerging concerning both scale and capacity of the member nations to accommodate such amounts of the refugees into its bureaucratic system the European Council have proposed a migration pact as a remedy to the ongoing inflow of the immigrants. Based on the system of both voluntary and obligatory mechanism the pact serves as a mechanism to transfer responsibility and applicants from the border nations to the ones of the central Europe and as such decrease the burden on the Asylum Agencies of the EU in the region. Based on the idea of the solidarity it proposes the ability to either contribute financially or systematically by providing the capacity for the relocation of the Asylum seekers. However, is it possible for the member states to find consensus on such politically divisive topic in a Union driven by migration skepticism and government driven by right protectionism?
The EU Ecolabel Regulation establishes a voluntary scheme in which producers of goods and services can label their product as sustainable and help consumers make informed choices about their purchase. The Regulation ensures a consistent and verified evaluation on the sustainability of products sold in the EU. The label has been around since the 1990’s and has been updated a few times. For MEU Berlin, we are renewing this Regulation and debating it in the current political landscape. How would the newly elected Parliament amend and vote for this proposal? What do the Member States have to say about ecolabelling these days? Let’s find out together!
