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EU: Refugee crisis: "If Schengen collapses, it'll be start of end European project"

15 January 2016

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"Migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos warned MEPs the refugee crisis was "getting worse" during a meeting organised by the civil liberties committee on 14 January. He said the EU's unity was at stake amid an increase of "populism and nationalism". The commissioner also called on member states to deliver on their own promises and show solidarity to each other: "If Schengen collapses, it will be the beginning of the end of the European project".

See the full article: Refugee crisis: "If Schengen collapses, it'll be start of end European project" (European Parliament article, pdf)

And see: Speaking points of Commissioner Avramopoulos from the meeting with the LIBE committee(European Commission press release, pdf)

And: Cash Crisis: If Schengen Goes, the Euro is Finished, Warns Merkel (Sputnik, link): "The success of Europe's single market and currency is dependent on the survival of the Schengen Area, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday, remarking that the EU is "vulnerable" due to a lack of control of migration."

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