Germany, for example, already recognizes that the only long-term solution to Europe’s refugee influx lies in eliminating the need to flee, and has begun to make some moves. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier traveled to Turkey in September to help broker a deal on keeping refugees in Turkey, in exchange for restarting talks on Turkish accession to the European Union.
此外，联盟成员还可以说服其他地区参与者推动持久的和平目标。例如，德国已经认识到欧洲难民潮唯一的长期解决之道在于消除移民逃离的必要性，并已经开始采取某些行动。九月，外交部部长施泰因迈尔出访土耳其协助达成了一项将难民留在土耳其的协议，以换取重启土耳其加入欧盟的谈判工作。德·米斯图拉的一个工作组目前正由德国著名外交政策专家沃克尔·珀瑟斯所领导。