Things may look ghastly but the EU has been forced to end navel-gazing and is edging forward,slowlyEurope has never had it so ghastly, goes the most recent conventional wisdom. Of course, and things are ghastly. The refugee crisis has brought a spectacular present of disarray and dissent. Helplessness indeed seems to be the only thing European states really share. Leaders have squabbled over quotas,sovereignty, border controls, or cultural identity (the notion that Christian refugees are more acceptable than Muslim ones) and even “moral imperialism” (to quote Hungary’s Viktor Orbán description of Angela Merkel’s refugee policy). Related: Europe's refugee crisis – a visual guide Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com