European leaders should recognise their own mistakes and acknowledge the democratic deficit in the current institutional arrangements. Until the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the refugee crisis was the greatest problem Europe faced. The vote for Brexit was a great shock; the morning after the vote, the disintegration of the European Union seemed practically inevitable. This approach could then be replicated in the rest of the European Union, creating a movement to save the EU by profoundly restructuring it. Fourth, the EU's plans for dealing with the refugee crisis need to be thoroughly revised.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2016 23:15 UTC