2015: Terror, refugees and the euro crisis / The Europe Question In 2016

This Main Focus from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

In 2015 Europe was shaken by more than the conflict over borders and barbed wire in view of hundreds of thousands of refugees. The euro seemed doomed due to the Greek crisis, Paris was the target of two terrorist attacks, and far-right parties and movements gained new impetus. Are there still reasons to be optimistic about 2016?

• Primary Source

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 16.12.15: To be, or not to be: Europe under siege https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/david-held-kyle-mcnally/to-be-or-not-to-be-europe-under-siege

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 28.12.15: 2015 and the struggle for Europe’s core https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/cas-mudde/2015-and-struggle-for-europe-s-core

Politico, 29.12.15: What Europe wants for 2016 http://www.politico.eu/article/what-europe-wants-for-2016/

EUObserver, 22.12.15: Europe in Review 2015 https://euobserver.com/review-2015/131646

VOXeurop, 28.12.15: A year of upheavals http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/article/5030247-year-upheavals

EUObserver, 30.12.15: Europe in Review 2015 - 'Dictator' vindicated https://euobserver.com/review-2015/131312

Deutsche Welle, 30.12.15: The year of terror in Europe http://dw.com/p/1HRDV

EurActiv, 29.12.15: Merkel takes centre stage in EU's year of crises http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/merkel-takes-centre-stage-eus-year-crises-320625

Politico, 31.12.15: Angela Merkel’s year of living dangerously http://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkels-year-of-living-dangerously/

Deutsche Welle, 31.12.15: My 2015: Europe's super crisis http://dw.com/p/1HUHo

EUObserver: Europe in Review 2015 https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/euobs-media/792e7aa3cc4eb6538714ea515d3c8841.pdf

Blog: Open Europe, 04.01.16: What to watch in Europe in 2016 http://openeurope.org.uk/impact/what-to-watch-in-europe-in-2016/

Blog: Socal Europe Journal, 06.01.16: The Europe Question In 2016 http://www.socialeurope.eu/2016/01/the-europe-question-in-2016/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 07.01.16: Europe’s Terrible Start to 2016 http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=62414

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