Testy Migration Issue Is Back on the Agenda: Brussels Edition

Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.

The EU already struck one landmark deal this year, propping up the region’s economies in the face of an unprecedented recession. Today, the European Commission will outline its proposals for how to solve an altogether more protracted issue: migration. Not too long ago, the bloc’s inability to manage an influx of refugees brought governments to the brink of collapse and tested adherence to common rules that are supposed to bind member states together. Today, the issue constrains the EU’s room for maneuver in foreign policy and gives unwelcome ammunition to Turkey’s president. Most governments on this aging continent continue to see migrants as a burden, so expect a long tussle over today’s proposals about how to share it more equitably.