Will immigration sink the EU? | GIS: Global Trends Video Reports
7 October 2018



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Opinion: Will immigration sink the EU?
The EU risks implosion over the issue of immigration. At the root of the problem is its inability to integrate poorly educated, low-skilled individuals into workforces, and to sanction criminal behavior effectively. Introducing measures to help debureaucratize labor markets, reform education and punish criminals would help solve preexisting problems that ...

Professor Enrico Colombatto
The European Union’s current weakness is beyond dispute. It has failed to develop its own foreign and defense policies and is unable to enforce its own treaties.
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