Turbulent term

"Five years ago, it was a rather challenging environment, but not to this extent," Zselyke Csaky, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, tells The Parliament.

..."There's a lot of disunity amongst member-states," says Csaky. "I am not very optimistic that, let's say, a treaty reform or any other bigger change will be possible in the next five years."

... Far-right parties could use the process to promote racist discourse, Csaky adds, with watchdogs warning that Trump's re-election could embolden far-right or nationalist voices in some of the candidate countries.