Austria president EU in the next six months

brussels - Austria is the EU President for the next six months. It is the third time that the country that joined in 1995 occupies that position. Migration and asylum will be important themes.

A temporary EU president can determine the agenda of ministerial councils and is expected to play a mediating role between the member states. Austria takes over the gavel from Bulgaria.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) promises to play a neutral role as a bridge builder. The priorities of the 31-year-old Prime Minister are security, the fight against illegal migration, stability around Europe and the improvement of the EU's competitiveness through digitization. The motto is 'a Europe that protects. '

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