{"id":1498,"date":"2018-07-09T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/europeancommunion\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2018-07-09T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T10:28:09","slug":"osservatore-incapacity-eu-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/europeancommunion\/2018\/07\/osservatore-incapacity-eu-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Paper Denounces “Chronic Incapacity” of EU on Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Vatican newspaper, L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/em>, is so concerned about the migration crisis gripping Europe that it has devoted three front-page editorials to the issue in the space of a week. In the first<\/a>, dated June 30, deputy editor Giuseppe Fiorentino warned of the \u201cchronic incapacity of EU member countries to sign a binding agreement\u201d<\/strong> on migration issues, while in the second<\/a>, dated July 4, the paper denounced that the \u201cgrowing tensions in the political debate on immigration jeopardize free movement in Europe\u201d. The third<\/a>, on July 5, was again given over to the lament that the current deadlock on migrants \u201cjeopardizes the common market and the Schengen Treaty\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing optimistic, we can say that the EU is now reduced to the enunciation of a series of good intentions that will hardly find practical application\u201d, wrote Fiorentino in the wake of the June 29 agreement<\/a> to send migrants and refugees to \u201ccontrol centres\u201d on EU territory but at locations yet to be decided, and dependent on the will of potential host countries. Since the processing and resettlement of refugees will take place only on a voluntary basis, continued Fiorentino \u2013 despite the EU leaders\u2019 appeal to \u201csolidarity\u201d on the issue \u2013 \u201cpolitical union risks becoming only a mirage\u201d<\/strong>, and the agreement, a \u201cfragile compromise\u201d, will likely \u201ccome to nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The principal interest of the EU, wrote Fiorentino, now seems \u201cto secure a short-term future without strategic objectives\u201d. The Brussels agreement \u201cgives the EU a little breath\u201d, he continued, \u201cbut in reality it does nothing more than postpone a problem\u2026 which is inevitably destined to reoccur, without at the moment a minimum appearance of cohesion\u201d on the issue. And if European citizens needed a reminder that a \u201cvague and inconsistent\u201d<\/strong> agreement on the migration question is damaging to everyone \u2013 not just migrants \u2013 that came in the other L\u2019Osservatore<\/em> editorial dedicated to the issue: \u201cSchengen at risk\u201d.<\/p>\n

The \u201cchain reaction\u201d that could end the Schengen Agreement<\/em><\/h3>\n

The \u201cchain reaction\u201d which the Vatican newspaper warns could lead to the end of open internal borders in the EU was precipitated last week<\/a> by German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer\u2019s threat to establish rapid processing centers for migrants and refugees in southern Germany. Despite German Chancellor Angela Merkel finally agreeing to the proposal after tense negotiations, the Austrian Government immediately fired back, and said it would oppose an agreement which would see migrants registered in but rejected by other EU countries diverted to Austria. A dangerous impasse, warns L\u2019Osservatore<\/em>, \u201cwhich risks opening an unprecedent crisis\u201d<\/strong> also with countries such as Italy which call for deep reforms to the Dublin Regulation<\/strong><\/a>, the EU law by which responsibility for migrants and asylum seekers falls on the country in which these first entered the Union.<\/p>\n

After all the negotiations, as Fiorentino put it, \u201cthe migrants continue to cry\u201d<\/strong>. And indeed, the scandalous incompetence of EU politicians to come to a useful and practicable agreement is enough to make anyone lament the plight of those who risk everything to seek sanctuary in Europe. But here\u2019s the good news: the Vatican continues to defend refugees, and to defend the European project: commitments both that are fully in line with the Gospel.<\/p>\n

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