Topic: Eu Quotas

Margrethe Vestager campaigns for the Presidency of the European Commission, emphasizing the need for a female leader and gender balance within the institution. She proposes a 50-50 male-female split for commissioners, though skeptics argue the European political establishment remains resistant to such structural changes.

Poland's incoming European Affairs Minister Konrad Szymanski rejects EU refugee quotas following the Paris attacks. This coincides with discussions of a "mini-Schengen" zone that would exclude several Eastern and Southern European nations.