The European Response to the Refugee Crisis: Angela Merkel on the Move
2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellow İlke Toygür and IPC Visiting Researcher Bianca Benvenuti’s policy brief “The European Response to the Refugee Crisis: Angela Merkel on the Move” was published in June 2016.
Executive Summary
The refugee crisis has made institutional shortcomings and divisions between EU member states more visible than ever.
This policy brief underlines the central role German Chancellor Angela Merkel has played in this crisis and how Turkey has become a key partner in "solving" it.
Outlining the steps that have been taken on the European side at both the institutional level and in inter-state politics, this brief discusses the future of the Turkey-EU deal and the refugee issue as a whole.
Bibliographic Data
Publication Date
June 2016
Page Count
16
Authors
İlke Toygür
lke Toygür is an analyst of European Affairs at Elcano Royal Institute and an adjunct professor of Political Science at Carlos III University of Madrid.
itoygur@rielcano.org