2016-01-04 16:30

Crisis-Prone EU Faces 2015 Redux as Migration Imperils Unity

Laurent Vu („SipaPress“ / „Scanpix“)
Laurent Vu („SipaPress“ / „Scanpix“)

Syrian refugees dying on European beaches, terror rampages on the streets of Paris, the rising tide of nationalism spurring doubt whether the European Union will hang together: these were the images of Europe in 2015.

The new year threatens to be a replay of the old, with the migration crisis moving into a tense new phase, open internal borders under siege, Britain potentially heading for the EU exit and a hesitant Germany forced, once again, to act as the political and economic backstop.

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