Every year in winter time Kraków changes beyond recognition. The air is heavy and thick, breathing becomes hard and doctors get used to longer queues in hospital corridors. Many people on the streets wear anti-smog masks and their outdoor activities become limited. All thanks to pollution, which prevents people from  doing sports and enjoying time outside. The effects are felt by everyone.

Sixty years ago, on March 25th 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed, laying the groundwork for the creation of the European Union via the European Economic Community. Over those 60 years, the European community has evolved through greater integration and enlargement. The end of the Cold War, the establishment of the Eurozone, the Schengen Treaty and the 2004 accession of the Central and Eastern Europe states helped give shape to what the EU is today. However, since then the EU has been struck with a series of crises including the 2008 economic crisis, the 2014 annexation of Crimea and war in east Ukraine, the 2015 migration and refugee crisis and the 2016 Brexit referendum.