Overview

• During his inaugural visit to Vienna on July 10, Markus Söder secured Chancellor Stocker’s backing to pursue a digital truck slot system for the Brenner corridor
• Söder arrived without presenting any new German transit proposal, raising concerns of another inconclusive outcome
• Stocker said he will take the three-state slot solution to talks with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni next week
• Planning for Germany’s northern approach to the Brenner Base Tunnel has yet to begin despite construction advancing on the southern bore
• German-Austrian border checks have returned only 38 asylum-seekers over seven weeks, showing minimal impact on migration flows