Commission will seek to drive EU integration again
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Significance Brexit was little more than a footnote in a speech that outlined several initiatives and a vision calling for the other 27 EU members to move forward together towards deeper integration as the United Kingdom prepares to leave. Impacts Juncker’s commitment to equal food quality across the EU could serve as an olive branch to Central-Eastern European governments. Efficient cooperation on cybersecurity would require more intelligence-sharing, which would encounter opposition from some member states. Euro-area integration may slow down if a liberal/centre-right CDU-FDP coalition is formed after the German elections.