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What problems Magnus Brunner will now face

Human lives instead of budget: Magnus Brunner takes over the migration agenda as EU Commissioner.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Ajdin Kamber – stock.adobe.com, HELMUT FOHRINGER / APA / picturedesk.com)

Finance Minister Magnus Brunner will be the new EU Commissioner for Migration. From deportations to asylum procedures in third countries - the man from Vorarlberg must achieve a turnaround in EU asylum policy. 

It is said to have been ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer's preferred portfolio for Austria. Nevertheless, it came as a surprise that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has placed the key portfolio of Migration and Home Affairs in the hands of Magnus Brunner (52). A success for Austria.

The responsibility will be a challenge for Magnus Brunner, who is an economist and still Minister of Finance.