I am travelling to Latvia for a work trip centred on three d’s: drones, defence and debesmanna. Squeezing in time to the Rīga Conference and other sites relevant to the country’s upcoming EU council presidency is a must, too.
Meanwhile, my colleagues in Brussels are holding down the fort, where one topic is stealing the spotlight. “Migration is very much back on the agenda,” one senior EU diplomat said to a crowd of journalists chewing on hors d'oeuvres Monday night at a rentrée party.
