At the summit of Bratislava last week, a plan on how to move forward with European economic objectives in the absence of Great Britain was addressed. Angela Merkel was quoted by BBC News stating that the European Union is in a "critical situation". With most nations in economic downturn and deficit, and others with conflicting perspectives on how to address the migrant influx, naturally there were many issues that were in need of consideration at this summit. There is extensive division between European nations regarding immigration policy and ways in which to move forward with economic growth initiatives. Mediterranean countries have proved to be a financial liability to the union, as a result, Germany has supported better financially conservative behavior amongst these nations, namely Spain, Greece, and Italy. While economic stability was proposed as a major concern, it seemed that officials preferred that the topic be left for another day, making immigration the biggest concern.

The German open-door policy has proved highly contentious among union member nations. Naturally the influx of migrants has heightened violent activity in cities like Paris and Brussels. As a result one of the topics discussed at the summit was the possibility of outlining a plan to expand a union military force in order to combat this violence and provide more security for European citizens. This will be a growing concern, that one can expect to be at the forefront of the European agenda for months to come. Military and economic policies will be hot topics for the union as nations continue to coexist in the absence of Britain. It is a possibility that England has incited greater interest in leaving the union from other members as well. Thus one can expect a lot of changes to take place in the coming months.