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Quadriga: Crunch Year 2016 - Can the EU Survive?
Crunch Year 2016 - Can the EU Survive?
The new year has hardly begun and already, the EU is facing new crises.
More and more member states are abandoning Schengen and reimposing border controls. Poland's new nationalist government is rapidly curtailing democratic freedoms. Indeed, nationalist and Eurosceptic parties are gaining ground in many EU countries.
Is 2016 set to be a crunch year for the EU? What common glue holds the union together?
Share your views with us: quadriga(at)dw.com
Our guests:
Wojciech Szymanski is the Germany correspondent for the Polish public radio Polskie Radio. He thinks: “The European Union faces great challenges in 2016. The new conservative government in Warsaw will not make it easier for the EU.”
Alan Posener is a commentator for the Berlin daily Die Welt. He thinks: “Europe should not try to defend Poland's democracy against the Poles, open Sweden's borders against the Swedes and Reform Greece against the Greeks. If the EU continues down this road, Britain will leave, and others will follow.”
Judy Dempsey is a senior associate at Carnegie Europe and editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe. She says: “The recent changes by the new Polish government are a very bad signal both for the EU and for Europe’s Eastern neighbors.”
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By DW.COM | Deutsche WelleCrunch Year 2016 - Can the EU Survive?
The new year has hardly begun and already, the EU is facing new crises.
More and more member states are abandoning Schengen and reimposing border controls. Poland's new nationalist government is rapidly curtailing democratic freedoms. Indeed, nationalist and Eurosceptic parties are gaining ground in many EU countries.
Is 2016 set to be a crunch year for the EU? What common glue holds the union together?
Share your views with us: quadriga(at)dw.com
Our guests:
Wojciech Szymanski is the Germany correspondent for the Polish public radio Polskie Radio. He thinks: “The European Union faces great challenges in 2016. The new conservative government in Warsaw will not make it easier for the EU.”
Alan Posener is a commentator for the Berlin daily Die Welt. He thinks: “Europe should not try to defend Poland's democracy against the Poles, open Sweden's borders against the Swedes and Reform Greece against the Greeks. If the EU continues down this road, Britain will leave, and others will follow.”
Judy Dempsey is a senior associate at Carnegie Europe and editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe. She says: “The recent changes by the new Polish government are a very bad signal both for the EU and for Europe’s Eastern neighbors.”