Can Schengen survive the ongoing division on the migratioin crisis among member states of the EU? Josef Janning believes in an enhanced cooperation of a core group of member states that will continue the open borders regime.
Media mentions – Refugee crisis
Willkommenskultur vs. Leitkultur: Josef Janning on the migration crisis being a challenge for the German identity
Josef Janning calls Tusk's approach on the migration crisis “unrealistic”. Being a former Head of State, Tusk looks at migration from an intergovernmental perspective.
Germany is planning its largest military operation since World War II in Syria. However, disagreement on Assad is still a controversial issue. Janning says that working with Assad does not fit together. Nevertheless, local forces on the ground are perceived by many decision-makers to be the only efficient way to deal with ISIS. Training fighters like the Peshmerga should be seen cautiously
Increasing air strikes on ISIS in Syria as the UK, Germany and France are going to do is counterproductive. It is not up to us to win this war. The EU should tackle the main roots of the refugee crisis in Africa, where efficiency is assured.
A recap of the discussion “Internal and external dimensions of the refugee crisis in Europe”, organised by ECFR
Even though the numbers of terrorists coming to Europe as refugees is increbibly small, Josef Janning notices how populists create the image of chaotic, uncontrolled migration to Europe.
Mark Leonard and Vessela Tcherneva's article on three dividing lines that are opening up across Europe