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Will the EU Survive the Refugee Crisis?
Wed, February 24th, 2016
Carnegie Europe
The arrival in Europe of more than 1 million asylum seekers in 2015 unsettled the EU like no crisis before it. Debilitated by slow economic recovery, weak political leadership, and the rise of populist anti-EU parties, the union is failing to get a grip on this unprecedented challenge. With the inflow of refugees likely to continue for years, migration may be the ultimate make-or-break issue for the EU.
In his latest article, entitled “How the Refugee Crisis Will Reshape the EU,” Carnegie’s Stefan Lehne argues that the migration challenge could result in one of three scenarios. But only through cooperative, collective action will the union manage to successfully respond to the crisis—and bridge divisions that have opened up among member states in recent months.
Lehne discussed these issues with Valentina Pop, EU correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, and Carola van Rijnsoever, permanent representative of the Netherlands to the EU Political and Security Committee. Judy Dempsey, nonresident senior associate at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of the Strategic Europe blog, moderated.
Carnegie Europe is grateful to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands for its financial support of this event.
Stefan Lehne
Stefan Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.
Valentina Pop
Valentina Pop is the EU correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Brussels.
Carola van Rijnsoever
Carola van Rijnsoever is the permanent representative of the Netherlands to the EU Political and Security Committee.
Judy Dempsey
Judy Dempsey is a nonresident senior associate at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of the Strategic Europe blog.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Judy Dempsey
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
Stefan Lehne
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Stefan Lehne is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
Valentina Pop
Carola van Rijnsoever