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Headwinds that could further impact a fractured EU in 2017

Europe braces itself for a full-blown crisis this year as recent developments such as an anti-globalisation, anti-immigrant wave threaten to reach fever pitch

Published Mon, Jan 30, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    EUROPE is facing multiple tribulations in 2017, engulfed in uncertainties over terrorism, borders, migration, economics and President Donald Trump's new America First message booming from across the Atlantic.

    "It's not the first time Europe has been challenged by crisis," said Anna-Lena Hogenauer, a researcher at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Luxembourg, but "there's definitely a combination of crises".

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