Viet Nam Human Rights
The Europe closed the dark year of 2015
13/1/16
The threat of terrorism from Islamic State
organizations (IS), migration crisis, meager economic growth, the threat from
climate change, the European Union (EU) in the face of disintegrated
possibility, the return of Russia in the international arena... The “old
continent” has never faced so many crises, from security-political to economic
problem. The Europe in 2015 seems like a play at but many contexts at once.
Admittedly, the Europe in 2015 immersed in
the crisis. Right from the beginning of the year, terrorist attacks against
Charlie Hebdo newspaper editorial office in Paris,the capital of France,
signaled a turbulent year in the old continent. France once again lost in the
last tragic terrorist attacks which was more bloody, more brutal than one in
earlier year. Extreme sufferings of France is shared by the world and all
commit to help France against terrorism.
While the "ulcer" named terrorism
also causes "fever" on the body of the EU, massive refugee flows
poured into Europe and threatened freedom of movement principle – the core
value of EU. Although European countries agreed to protect the border region
and share the quotas to receive migrants but the countries still act by
independent ways. The countries such as Germany, France, England, Italy well
understood that receiving migrants means facing many challenges such as
terrorist threats, lacking jobs for workers, diminished budget ... But with
responsibility of big countries, the leading EU countries are ready to receive
migrants. In contrast, the Balkans countries shut their borders and watch the
flow of refugees frustrated about a European dream.
During the past year, the EU went from this
nightmare to others, from terrorist attacks in France, crashed German aircraft
in France, political tensions with Russia to the debt crisis in Greece and the
crisis the largest refugee after the Second World War. At one time people
wondered that whether the EU can exist anymore or not if Greece leaves European
and the UK breakups the coalition and cancel Shengen Treaty. It ia the story in
the West!
In the East, Russia under the rule of
President V.Putin is rising strongly. Despite significant impacts from economic
sanctions of the West and the sharp decline in oil prices over the past year
but the country remains solid to overcome difficulties.
However, what makes it most interesting is
the strong and impressive return in restoring Russian influence in the
international arena. Beside contributing to achieve the nuclear agreement between
Iran and the P5 + 1 group in September 2015, President V. Putin decided to
conduct airstrikes aiming at IS on Syrian territory. “Sharing fire” action with France by Russia in
combating IS means that Russia and Europe are closer together. EU no longer considers
Russia as “the threat of Europe” or regards the fact of resolving the crisis in
the Ukraine as the first task again. This important change has reduced tension
between the two sides since the outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine.
But that does not mean that there ia no
disagreement between Russia and the EU. Although agreement on coalition
building against terrorism, but the two leaders still disagree about the
political situation in Syria. The Crimea peninsula merged into Russia in 2014
is still the subject of dispute between Russia and the EU in 2016 and more or less
influence EU policy towards Moscow.
The year of 2015 closed but the challenges of
terrorist threats, climate change, economic downturn are still weighing on the
role of the European leaders in the next year. To address the "chronic
diseases" that requires a comprehensive solution with the hands, the
effort of the whole community. If Europe does not take measures to strictly
control immigration status, in coming time the unemployment, poverty will
spread in Europe while the terrorist attacks will also increase.
"Justice, Climate, Peace" was the
slogan that Paris people use to celebrate when the Paris agreement on climate
change adopted. It probably also is the message to the European community in
particular and the world in general on the occasion of New Year.
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European valuations are starting to look reasonably full, trading near long-term averages.
Britain’s attempts to renegotiate the terms of its membership of the European Union were incompatible with the “common responsibility” of member states.
There is nothing new about the notion that the ideal of “ever closer union among the peoples of Europe,” enshrined in the 1957 Treaty of Rome, can be achieved at different speeds. I
At the cusp of the new year, we face a world in which geopolitical and geo-economic risks are multiplying.
Yet it is Europe that may turn out to be the ground zero of geopolitics in 2016.
a Greek exit from the eurozone may have been only postponed, not prevented, as pension and other structural reforms put the country on a collision course with its European creditors.
“Grexit,” in turn, could be the beginning of the end of the monetary union, as investors would wonder which member – possibly even a core country (for example, Finland) – will be the next to leave.
As for terrorism, the sheer number of homegrown jihadists means that the question for Europe is not whether another attack will occur, but when and where.
repeated attacks could sharply reduce business and consumer confidence and stall Europe’s fragile economic recovery.
Those who argue that the migration crisis also poses an existential threat to Europe are right. But the issue is not the million newcomers entering Europe in 2015.
our world has been threatening by the IS that is a brutal terrorist organization
nowaday the EU is not peaceful and safety like before
the EU has been facing many challenges such as terrorist threats, climate change, economic downturn
I think Europe should take measures to strictly control immigration status
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